Consider the U.S. during the Great Depression and WWII –fertility rates were low (between 1929 and 1945 total fertility rate (TFR) was about 2.5 per woman aged 15-44). a.What does a fertility rate of 2.5 per woman mean? Through the 1960s, the U.S. saw a baby boom (TFR of 3.4 between 1946 and 1964). However, since 1980 the TFR has fallen below 2.1. b.What may explain the fall in fertility after the 1980s? c.Even though the fertility rate fell to replacement rate in 1980, population was still growing in the U.S. during the 1980s. Explain

Consider the U.S. during the Great Depression and WWII –fertility rates were low (between 1929 and 1945 total fertility rate (TFR) was about 2.5 per woman aged 15-44). a.What does a fertility rate of 2.5 per woman mean? Through the 1960s, the U.S. saw a baby boom (TFR of 3.4 between 1946 and 1964). However, since 1980 the TFR has fallen below 2.1. b.What may explain the fall in fertility after the 1980s? c.Even though the fertility rate fell to replacement rate in 1980, population was still growing in the U.S. during the 1980s. Explain

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