Mar 3, 2021 12:20 AM
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INTRO: Many people expected a baby boom during the intimacy of widespread COVID-19 lockdowns, but a year later, statistics show just the opposite happened. According to a new report by CBS News, birth rate data compiled by 27 states shows roughly a 7.2% decline in American births in December 2020, nine months after the pandemic was declared. Hawaii posted a whopping 30.4% decline in births, while California, the most populous state, had 10.2% fewer births.
Sociologist Philip Cohen, a professor at the University of Maryland, told CBS News that December's drop was the largest he is seen since the end of the baby boom in 1964. "The scale of this is really large," he said, adding the figures indicate things are not going well for families in the U.S. "We don't know if it's the beginning of a bigger decline over the next whole year or if it's just a shock from March," Cohen said. "But I'm more inclined based on history that all of next year is going to be down for births." (MORE)
INTRO: Many people expected a baby boom during the intimacy of widespread COVID-19 lockdowns, but a year later, statistics show just the opposite happened. According to a new report by CBS News, birth rate data compiled by 27 states shows roughly a 7.2% decline in American births in December 2020, nine months after the pandemic was declared. Hawaii posted a whopping 30.4% decline in births, while California, the most populous state, had 10.2% fewer births.
Sociologist Philip Cohen, a professor at the University of Maryland, told CBS News that December's drop was the largest he is seen since the end of the baby boom in 1964. "The scale of this is really large," he said, adding the figures indicate things are not going well for families in the U.S. "We don't know if it's the beginning of a bigger decline over the next whole year or if it's just a shock from March," Cohen said. "But I'm more inclined based on history that all of next year is going to be down for births." (MORE)