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THE birth rate has dropped to its lowest in close to 50 years. Just 591,072 new arrivals — the smallest number since 1977 — were recorded last year in England and Wales, records reveal. The figures…
The average age of mothers remained stable at 30.9, while fathers’ average age increased to 33.8.
The average age of mothers remained stable at 30.9, while fathers’ average age increased to 33.8.
Women of childbearing age in England and Wales have, on average, only had 1.44 children each as of 2023, according to a report from the Office of National Statistics.
As the height of the vice presidential candidate is revealed, studies show Americans are getting shorter than people in other countries.
Government told to make ‘realistic assumptions’ about public sector pay or risk having to continue to make spending cuts within the financial year
More and more parents are choosing to only have one child. Here’s what the evidence says about how growing up without siblings affects their personality traits and well-being
The menopause is not only a stage of life most women experience both mentally and physically, it’s also a time when finances can be adversely affected. So, what plans can they put in place to ease its impact?
A new study shows women in the country experienced a life expectancy decline of one year greater than men.
Like so many of our peers we were promised the world, but are facing a financial reality that has panned out very differently
Britain’s big wave of retirees has helped to shift state spending towards pensioners, the Resolution Foundation said.
“Extremely worrying” population changes in the Highlands risk an “irreversible” demographic timebomb, experts and leading business figures fear.
Researchers from the International Blast Injury Research Network at the University of Southampton conducted a survey to understand how the mental health of displaced Ukrainians has been affected by the ongoing war. Their findings, published in PLOS Global Public Health, describe high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and generalized anxiety among both refugees and people displaced within Ukraine.
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UK fertility rate plummets to record low as fears of demographic collapse grip England and Wales
Just over 591,000 babies were born in the UK last year - the lowest number in four decades
Declining fertility risks adding pressure on the UK’s public finances and hampering economic growth, warn analysts
Anna Demming reports on recent insights into the interplay between gender disparities on and offline and what might help to close the gap.
Being a dad is one of the things I love most in the world.
Academic tells Holyrood ministers there will be political and economic consequences if higher levies are used to fill shortfall
It’s time to ditch the stereotypes about only children. The same goes for the cliches about conscientious and controlling eldest siblings, writes Emma Beddington
A new analysis of deaths during the covid-19 pandemic estimates that women and those in certain minority groups experienced the greatest declines in life expectancy
Chiar dacă mutarea implică un confort sporit pentru familie, copiilor le poate aduce suferință.
Costs, the climate crisis and choice are all factors in a demographic revolution presenting huge challenges for government
The number of single-person households is just short of a million, according to National Records of Scotland
NEW data has revealed the brutal impact on 100,000 single-parent families of the Tories’ “two-child cap” – a policy that has been loudly…
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