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Pinget

Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 11:41 am

Just some musings about birth rates, population, demographics -

You realize we're the only western country with youth we can 'afford' to squander in war?

Every European country is barely keeping up with replacement levels. Many are actually shrinking.

There's no way a country with a shrinking population, like Germany or Italy, would start a war that would claim the lives of their youth. They cannot afford it.

Just a thought.

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While almost all of the developed world, and many other nations, have seen plummeting fertility rates over the last twenty-years, the United States' rates have remained stable and even slightly increased. Note however that some European countries have gradually increasing fertility rates, most notably France, whose fertility rate increased to 1.85 in 2005. Nevertheless even France remains below the 2.09 children/woman fertility rate of the US.

A regional breakdown of the USA shows that New England has a rate similar to most Western European countries and the South and border states have fertility rates considerably higher than replacement. States where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a strong presence, most notably Utah, also have higher-than-replacement fertility rates, especially among the LDS population.

There are several explanations for this. Much higher fertility among immigrant populations accounts for a large part of the difference. America's religious makeup limits participation in modern sex education and abortion and encourages a family-centered lifestyle. Statistically almost all of the difference between the United States and Europe can be explained by the US's higher rate of teenage pregnancy. The United States also is somewhat more rural than Europe or Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-replacement_fertility

DAMN. Those babies born to teenage mothers are important.

That's why we can't allow them to cross state lines to get an abortion. Who will serve in the Army !?!?!?

MasterMind

Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 4:05 pm

There is a growing camp that Humans are not evolving, but de-volving. I dont kn ow much about it, since I havent had time to fully explore their material. I do know the male gene will die out way faster then the female gene in the human race though.

Maybe the lower birth rates have some correlation to that.

Also, in the Education field, we have this same problem. My generation is out numbered by the baby boomers by 4-1 and in 2010 they will retire. That will mean a 60% lose rate in teachers in my state and only a 5% increase in new teachers. so you do the math. A -55% difference in new teachers in my state in what is going to happen and this is across the board in most states. For some reason the government has been trying to keep a huge lid on this information.

Gadzooks!

Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 5:01 pm

That's the way things work. As the genetically less vigorous groups dwindle due to the aging of their DNA, they will be replaced by groups with stronger DNA. That would probably be the DNA that has remained the least modified over time. I figure the rich white American folks see the writing on the wall, and want to consolidate their power completely before the US has too little O-I-L and to many of those "inferior" black and brown folks. And if they burn up a bunch of black and brown kids in the process, the strongest and smartest ones they can lay hands on, so much the better. Just thought you might want to glance over and see who's in the drivers' seat.

sky of mind

Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 7:58 pm

Russia actually pays women to have babies!

$10,000 each!

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