Be mindful of the distinction between ‘births per year’ and ‘births per woman:’
Ceteris paribus, births per year could decrease due to demographics alone.
(I don’t like the label ‘fertility rate’ because it shifts the blame on biology, like eggs or sperm count, which arguably did not change.)
(I don’t like the label ‘fertility rate’ because it shifts the blame on biology, like eggs or sperm count, which arguably did not change.)
It might have changed a bit given microplastics, but I agree that fertility rate is a bad term because it sounds like it’s about how many people are fertile.
Be mindful of the distinction between ‘births per year’ and ‘births per woman:’
Ceteris paribus, births per year could decrease due to demographics alone.
(I don’t like the label ‘fertility rate’ because it shifts the blame on biology, like eggs or sperm count, which arguably did not change.)
However, reportedly both are slumping in Japan.
It might have changed a bit given microplastics, but I agree that fertility rate is a bad term because it sounds like it’s about how many people are fertile.