Expanding opportunities for women and economic uncertainty are both factors in declining US fertility rates
- Written by: Ann M. Oberhauser, Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University
Women have many more work and educational choices than previous generations, which affect their decisions about having children.Justin Lewis/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesThe decline in population growth in the U.S. from 2010 to 2020 is part of a broader national trend linked to falling birth rates, but also immigration changes and other factors....
