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Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

This is the first article I've seen on this topic. I didn't know one was happening. Anyway, it's got some interesting info:

WHAT THE BABY 'BOOMLET' MEANS TO AMERICA'S FUTURE

"The number alone is staggering: Over 4 million babies born in the US in 2007 -- exceeding levels seen during the baby boom, more live births than ever in our recorded history. This statistic and its accompanying data, released by the US Department of Health and Human Services, seems to tell several stories. For example: More single women had babies than ever, and the same holds true for older women. Caesarean births rose by 2%, marking the 11th consecutive year that these rates have increased. Latinos had more babies than any other ethnic group, and the states with the highest birth rates are border states: California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico...

In fact, what is most surprising about this data is that it supports none of these theories. There is much it can't tell us -- the statistics are not broken down into such specifics as education level, income earned, whether single mothers are cohabiting with a partner -- but what they can tell us dispels many myths about our present and likely future.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03292009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/boom__161928.htm?page=0

The focus of the article is on how the myths are wrong about the future of the demographic make up of the US population. It is worthwhile if the immigration debate heats up again (it's worthwhile anyway).

Big_Bird · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:55 pm Post subject:

It looks like a very interesting article, Ya-ta. I had a quick skim of it (no time to read it now though).

The bit about C-sections caught my eye. Right now there is the myth of the mothers who are 'too posh to push' (as the UK tabloids describe it). That article debunks that by saying less than 1% of women actually request a c-section (something I myself dreaded and managed to avoid on both occasions, even in Korea where the c-section rate is nearly half of all births and the pressure to have one is enormous).