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Christian Today : Sobotka says #fertility intentions among younger #generations are also “lower and more fluid”, weakening the #traditional two-child #family norm.

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Another major factor is the increasing #postponement of #parenthood.

#People are #marrying and having #children later than in previous decades, often because they spend longer in #education, struggle to secure stable #employment, or cannot #afford suitable #housing.

However, postponement can itself reduce eventual family size because #biological #fertility #declines with age.

The study notes that assisted #reproductive #technologies cannot fully #compensate for years of delayed #childbearing.
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Christian Today : Instead, falling #BirthRates appear to be the result of a #combination of #economic, #cultural and #social changes #affecting everything from #employment and #housing to #relationships, contraception and #attitudes towards #parenthood.

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The Iona Institute, commenting on the #research, highlighted the “decline of #marriage and #intimate relationships” as an especially #important part of the picture.

An increasing share of adults in their 20s, 30s and even 40s are neither #married nor in #romantic relationships, reducing the number of #people entering the stable #partnerships in which most #children are born.

Attitudes towards parenthood are changing too. Young adults are also increasingly unsure about whether parenthood is something they want for themselves, while deliberately remaining #childless has become more socially accepted.
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