NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Americans are having fewer children now than before, a demographic trend that has alarmed some conservatives in particular, some of which is likely a result of social and economic factors, like steep child care costs, housing prices and more people choosing to forgo starting families, reported The New York Times on Tuesday.
According to figures released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier this year, the general fertility rate in the United States decreased by 3 percent from 2022, reaching a historic low. This marks the second consecutive year of decline, following a brief 1 percent increase from 2020 to 2021. From 2014 to 2020, the rate consistently decreased by 2 percent annually.
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