Generally speaking, in Britain and the West today women are free to pursue careers and have fun, whereas in the past they would have been married off to have a family and stay at home. The consequence of this that birth rates are falling, some countries are worse than others.
While this is going on immigrants are coming into the country who still have old fashioned values. They have arranged marriages and start families at a young age. In some parts of the UK, immigrants are responsible for most births.
Women are free , but they are handing the future to people with completely different values.
FERTILITY RATE
In Europe 2.1 children per woman is considered to be the population replacement level. These are national averages
Ireland: 1.99
France: 1.90
Norway: 1.81
Sweden 1.75
UK: 1.74
Netherlands: 1.73
Germany: 1.37
Italy: 1.33
Spain: 1.32
Greece: 1.29
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/07/nfert107.xml
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/08/nbabies108.xml
Prediction for US by 2050
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695252321,00.html
While this is going on immigrants are coming into the country who still have old fashioned values. They have arranged marriages and start families at a young age. In some parts of the UK, immigrants are responsible for most births.
Women are free , but they are handing the future to people with completely different values.
FERTILITY RATE
In Europe 2.1 children per woman is considered to be the population replacement level. These are national averages
Ireland: 1.99
France: 1.90
Norway: 1.81
Sweden 1.75
UK: 1.74
Netherlands: 1.73
Germany: 1.37
Italy: 1.33
Spain: 1.32
Greece: 1.29
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/07/nfert107.xml
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/08/nbabies108.xml
Prediction for US by 2050
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695252321,00.html
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