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Birth Rate is up, but not enough?
2008-05-09 10:25:00 Source: The Straits TimesMay 6, 2008Birth rate up, but foreigners still needed to build core of citizensBy Zakir HussainSINGAPORE's birth rate crept up slightly to 1.29 last year, up from 1.26 the year before, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed on Tuesday.The birth rate hit a record low of 1.24 in 2004.'I just looked at the numbers. They were 1.24. We made a big effort, we came to 1.26. And last year, we have reached the fabulous number of 1.29,' he said.I don't think that is "fabulous" but rather to show the ineffectiveness of government population policy in increasing of the birth rateSingapore can try to do better, but the birth rate will never go back up to the replacement level of 2.1 because of the way society has changed, he added.'The social trends have gone too far this way, and it's the behaviour in all of the developed countries,' he said at a dialogue organised by Thomson Reuters on Tuesday.Newsweek correspondent Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop had asked how the Gove...
China Demographic Crisis: Too Many Boys, Elderly
2008-04-26 19:33:00 It has been three decades since China’s one-child policy was introduced as a temporary measure to slow the country’s population growth. But there’s rising opposition to the policy amid criticism that it’s creating another demographic crisis. The trends are exemplified in the city of Shanghai, which has the lowest birth rate and the highest proportion ...
By: 1913 Intel
I’d Do Anything Will Raise The Nations Birth Rate!
2008-03-13 13:46:00 Host of BBC One reality TV show I’d Do Anything, Graham Norton, has claimed that the launch of the show on Saturday night will raise the British birth rate. He thinks the young boys that are auditioning for the role of Oliver are soooooo cute that they will have all those maternal urges rearing their heads ...
By: Unreality TV
Margaret Sanger Would Be Proud
2008-01-17 14:04:00 Jonah Goldberg, in his wonderful Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning, reminds me of something I had long known, but forgotten: Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood and birth control Goddess, did not embark on her birth control crusade because she wanted to relieve the ...
By: Webloggin
China's young population dwindles as birth rate declines
2007-12-25 21:30:00 Xinhua News Agency - The report, based on a sample survey of 1 percent of the total 2005 population, was co-sponsored by CYCRC and the Population and Development Research Center of Renmin University... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
Birth rate hits 15-year high in Russia
2007-09-05 04:16:00 The birth rate reached a 15-year high in Russia in the first six months of 2007, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stated at a traditional Monday meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with government officials. According to Medvedev, 142,000 babies were born between January and June 2007, a record number since the collapse of the USSR, the radio station Mayak reported. Read More…
By: 1913 Intel
Teen Birth Rate At Record Low, Condom Use Increases In 2005
2007-07-16 11:37:00 Teen Birth Rate The teen birth rate in the U.S. reached a record low in 2005, and condom use among high school students increased, according to a report released on Friday by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, the Washington Post reports (Kaufman, Washington Post, 7/13). The report, titled "America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2007," was compiled from data and studies at 22 federal agencies and addressed 38 key indicators, the AP/USA Today reports. According to the report, the birth rate among girls ages 15 to 17 declined from 39 births per 1,000 girls in 1991 to 21 births per 1,000 girls in 2005 (Kerr, AP/USA Today, 7/13). In 2005, the birth rate per 1,000 girls in this age group was 12 for non-Hispanic whites, 35 for non-Hispanic blacks, and 48 for Hispanics (Federal Interagency Forum release, 7/13).According to the report, 47% of high school students, or 6.7 million, reported having had sexual intercourse in 2005, compared with 54%...
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Birth Rate Party in Germany: Eigentore ohne Ende
2007-02-22 15:56:01 German hospitals are frantically unlocking and dusting off delivery rooms everywhere as the nation prepares for a dramatic surge in births nine months following the soccer World Cup 2006 held here last summer. The month-long German ?fairytale? of soccer, sunshine and success (certainly as far as the German team was concerned) last summer was an orgy of, ...
Germany, with one of the lowest birth rates in Europe, suffe
2007-01-16 16:47:01 Germany, with one of the lowest birth rates in Europe, suffered another drop in population last year as deaths outpaced births and the number of immigrants declined again, the Federal Statistics Office said today.The population fell by about 150,000 in 2006 to 82.31 million after declining by 144,000 in 2005 to 82.44 million, the office said. The drop in 2006 marked the third time in the last quarter century that Germany's net population shrunk.The office estimated the number of births in 2006 had fallen to between 670,000 and 680,000, a record low since measuring began in 1946. That was also down from 686,000 in 2005. The number of deaths was steady at between 820,000 and 830,000.Fewer immigrants came to Germany in 2006 and more Germans left their country. The net gain in immigration versus emigration was down to about 20,000 to 30,000 in 2006 from a net gain of 79,000 in 2005.Germany's population has been shrinking for more than 30 years and there are 3.3 million fewer Germans t... |
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