Aug 29, 2010 / 06:08 am
A report issued on Friday showed the U.S. birth rate in 2009 falling to the lowest in a century. Experts, including president Steve Mosher from the Population Research Institute, (PRI) have cited the current economic recession as a significant factor in the recent numbers.
On Aug. 27, the Associated Press (AP) detailed a report issued by the National Center for Health Statistics which showed that the birth rate in the U.S. fell 2.7 percent in 2009 – an all time low in the last 100 years.
The AP cited the opinion of researchers that the current economic recession could be responsible for the drop in the numbers and also reported that the birth rate has been falling in the U.S. over the last century.
According to the report, the birth rate fell to 13.5 births for every 1,000 people last year. That number is down from 14.3 in 2007 and even further away from 30 percent in 1909, when it was more common for U.S. citizens to have larger families.