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Immigrants lead plunge in U.S. birth rate

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Friday, November 30, 2012 6:04 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


This is surprising to me:
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It makes sense that since the start of the recession, the birth rate in America has been declining.

In 2011, it dipped to the lowest rate ever recorded: 63.2 per 1,000 women between 15 and 44, the prime childbearing ages, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That plunge was led by immigrant women, according to a Pew Research Center analysis released Thursday.

The birth rate for U.S.-born women declined 6% between 2007 (when the recession began) and 2010. However, the rate for foreign-born women plunged 14%, more than in the 17 years before the downturn.

Both foreign- and U.S.-born Hispanic women had larger drops in birth rate than any other group, Pew found. That correlates with larger percentage declines in household wealth for Hispanics than in white, black or Asian households.

Among women from Mexico, the country from where the largest number of U.S. immigrants come, the birth rate fell by 23%.

"If you apply the common sense lens here, when it comes to decisions about when to have children, how many and how to space them, the economy clearly matters," said Bill Albert, spokesman for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.

Even so, Albert warned that any single reason is unlikely to explain an issue as complex as national fertility rates and as profound and personal as the decision to have children.

He said other factors - including people choosing to get married at a later age and a 48% decrease in teen birth rates since their peak in 1991 - may also be playing a role in the decline of the nation's overall birth rate.

The drop reversed a trend in which immigrant mothers were responsible for a rising share of births in the United States, Pew found. In 2007, for instance, foreign-born mothers accounted for 25% of U.S. births, compared with 16% in 1990. In 2010, that share dropped to 23%.More at http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/29/immigrants-lead-plunge-in-u-
s-birth-rate/?hpt=hp_bn1


Given the anti-immigrant cry has always been "they're propagating much faster than we are; they'll overtake us all!", it's interesting that it's exactly the opposite.

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Friday, November 30, 2012 6:07 AM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important


Hello,

This does go against the grain of several arguments and concerns, including the statement that many have babies in order to increase their welfare benefits.

--Anthony


Note to Self:
Raptor - woman testifying about birth control is a slut (the term applies.)
Context: http://tinyurl.com/d6ozfej
Six - Wow, isn't Niki quite the CUNT? And, yes, I spell that in all caps....
http://tinyurl.com/bdjgbpe
Wulf - Niki is a stupid fucking bitch who should hurry up and die.
Context: http://tinyurl.com/afve3r9

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” -T. S. Szasz

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Friday, November 30, 2012 8:54 AM

HKCAVALIER


I'm shocked--shocked!--I tell you, to discover that that was nothing but a lie! Round up the usual suspects!!!

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

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Friday, November 30, 2012 2:17 PM

RIONAEIRE

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Interesting Niki.

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Saturday, December 1, 2012 6:28 PM

JO753

rezident owtsidr


Sum good nyqz. I woudnt hav gessed it. Lots uv babyz and toddlrz around here.

There are people who think this iz bad. They juj trendz by historical precedent insted uv actual current conditionz. Hopefully they dont hav or gain enuf influence to hav any effect.

The world iz way overpopulated alredy.

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Saturday, December 1, 2012 8:08 PM

SHINYGOODGUY


It is exactly that a myth. Just like the one about the majority of people on welfare are of color. No, there are more Caucasians on welfare than people of color.

I'll go one step further. I have talked to many Hispanic women who prefer to work rather than go on public assistance.

SGG

Quote:

Originally posted by ANTHONYT:
Hello,

This does go against the grain of several arguments and concerns, including the statement that many have babies in order to increase their welfare benefits.

--Anthony


Note to Self:
Raptor - woman testifying about birth control is a slut (the term applies.)
Context: http://tinyurl.com/d6ozfej
Six - Wow, isn't Niki quite the CUNT? And, yes, I spell that in all caps....
http://tinyurl.com/bdjgbpe
Wulf - Niki is a stupid fucking bitch who should hurry up and die.
Context: http://tinyurl.com/afve3r9

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” -T. S. Szasz


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Sunday, December 2, 2012 5:09 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


"Yes" to everything everyone wrote. It's a shame these stereotypes persist, in my opinion; but when they're fed by some with something to gain, and people don't get to know anyone outside their own circle, they do persist.

Around here, most of the older folk have moved away; what's replaced them has often been yuppies, who build on the homes, and whose nannies push babies around the block every day. Mostly Hispanic nannies...

"nyqz"???

Tit for tat got us where we are today. If we want to be grownups, we need to resist the ugliness. If we each did, this would be a better reflection on Firefly and a more welcome place. I will try.

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Sunday, December 2, 2012 11:22 AM

JO753

rezident owtsidr


Sumtimez I accidently slip and spell in slakrz nqalf. nyqz = news.

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