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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 08 > U.S. births drop 2 percent in 2008

U.S. births drop 2 percent in 2008


August 8, 2009

ATLANTA " There aren't just fewer jobs in a recession. There are fewer babies, too.

U.S. births fell in 2008, the first full year of the recession, marking the first annual decline in births since the start of the decade and ending a baby boomlet.

The downturn in the economy best explains....

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