Fertility rates: baby boom or bust?
Fertility rates around the world
More or Less · BBC Radio 4
January 30, 20228m 57s
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Show Notes
Under lockdown, couples were destined to find themselves closer than ever before, but despite what you’d think – this didn’t result in a higher birth rate. In fact in developed countries across the world the birth rate is falling, we spoke to Professor Marina Adshade about why this is and what this could mean for the future.