By Steve Connor, Science Editor - The Independent, UK
The global economic recession has curbed the general rise in fertility seen in many developed countries over recent decades, with some nations experiencing a significant decline in birthrates since the downturn of 2008, a study has found.
Scientists said the recession has brought to an end the first concerted rise in fertility rates across the industrialised world since the 1960s, as young, professional women in particular feared for their financial future if they became pregnant.
England and Wales were among several European countries to experience an interruption in the recent steady rise in fertility rates, while the United States, Spain and Latvia all experienced a dramatic reversal after the 2008 financial shock that still reverberates around the world, the scientists said.
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