In Salamatou Adamou's neighborhood in Limantchi, Niger, preacher El Hadj Sabiou emerges from his mosque to quote from the Koran, "To better propagate the faith, the Islamic Oumah [community] must procreate." Although
birth rates are declining rapidly in some Arab countries, six of the 10 countries with the highest
birth rates are Moslem.
* The twin
birth rate continued to rise, increasing 1% between 2002 and 2003.
Japan's declining
birth rate will lower her dependency ratio.
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Birth rates for women aged 30-34 years increased by 4% from 2002 to 2003, while the rate for women aged 35-39 years rose 6%
The pope is urging Italians to have more children to reverse the country's declining
birth rate.
Because the percentage of sexually active teens hit about 60 percent in all five countries, researchers say the lower
birth rates in Canada and the European nations are linked to education about and the availability of birth control--as well as to increased incentives to postpone childbearing.
Like pregnancy rates,
birth rates among adolescents in the United States have dropped in recent years.
Labor did not respond with a fully off-setting rise in the
birth rate, as Malthus had predicted, and the effect was a shift to economies in which labor is scarce and expensive and capital and energy are abundant and cheap--though that is not the way populists usually perceive them.
Birth rates have swung wildly over the past century, and the dips always prompt some political turmoil, if not cultural upheaval and increased attention to women's reproductive decisions.
While it is expected that these
birth rates will decrease, it is difficult to predict just when or how fast that may happen.
Birth rates have collapsed and death rates have risen, most strikingly among teenagers and young adults.
The objective of this paper is to test the relationship between
birth rates and per capita income, and
birth rate and structural transformation in developing countries.
