Demographics: The Population Surprise
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Population trends indicate that the global population will peak at about 8 billion in the middle of the 21st century and then decline rapidly. Population experts had previously believed that world population would stabilize, but death rates appear likely to outpace birth rates, causing a population decline.
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1999
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Delayed childbearing
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A woman's ability to become pregnant falls sharply after age 35, and women who delay childbearing because of career concerns risk never having a child. Social and employment policies that support motherhood at an earlier age are necessary.
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1995
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Slow death in the Great Plains
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Six states in the Great Plains region have experienced a precipitous decline in the birth rate. The region is already underpopulated, and the drop in births will have serious economic and social consequences.
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1997
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