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aeneasmackenzie on July 18, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: America’s urban rebirth is missing actual births

Singapore's fertility rates are at the "rock thrown off a cliff" level.

qwerty9876 on July 19, 2019 [–]

It's not an environmental problem, it's a cultural problem.

People just don't want to have children anymore, fertility rates have dropped a lot post-2012(smartphones and social media)

aeneasmackenzie on July 19, 2019 | [–]

There are subgroups with above-replacement total fertility. Some people don't want to continue existing, but not everyone.

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