Making sense of America’s low fertility rate — and more UCLA media

The Wall Street Journal reported on reactions across the U.S. to a study released in April outlining falling birth rates. Experts say the alarm from these numbers doesn’t tell the whole story, nor is this trend anything new. “We measure fertility rates in real time, but women live their reproductive lives across decades,” says Martha Bailey, a professor of economics and director of the California Center for Population Research at UCLA. “The top-line number sounding alarms means they are waiting — but this generation still has lots of time.” Read more about UCLA in today’s CNN, Spectrum News 1 and others.

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