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| Why Birthrates Among Hispanic Americans Have Plummeted |
| 2019-03-08 |
| [NYT] WENDELL, N.C. ‐ Yoselin Wences grew up with a constant refrain from her parents, immigrants from Mexico who became a landscaper and a cook. "The mind-set was, ’Don’t be like us,’" she said. "’Don’t get married early. Don’t have children early. Don’t be one of those teen moms. We made these sacrifices so that you can get educated and start a career.’" She followed that advice, and now, at 22, Ms. Wences, a junior at North Carolina State University, will soon become the first member of her family to graduate from college. When asked about children, Ms. Wences replied that for her, they were years away. "Probably around 34 or 35," she said. "That age range seems ideal to me." As fertility rates across the United States continue to decline ‐ 2017 had the country’s lowest rate since the government started keeping records ‐ some of the largest drops have been among Hispanics. The birthrate for Hispanic women fell by 31 percent from 2007 to 2017, a steep decline that demographers say has been driven in part by generational differences between Hispanic immigrants and their American-born daughters and granddaughters. It is a story of becoming more like other Americans. Nearly two-thirds of Hispanics in the United States today are born in this country, a fact that is often lost in the noisy political battles over immigration. Young American-born Hispanic women are less likely to be poor and more likely to be educated than their immigrant mothers and grandmothers, according to the Pew Research Center, and many are delaying childbearing to finish school and start careers, just like other American-born women. "Hispanics are in essence catching up to their peers," said Lina Guzman, a demographer at Child Trends, a nonprofit research group. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Now they can watch TV at night. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-03-08 15:42 |
| #7 "Employment, economy boomin', You gringos empowering women, The onslaught of bots... Cue new jaguars, new spots... And you can't sacrifice a damn human!" |
| Posted by: Angans Elmearong7143 2019-03-08 15:28 |
| #6 Hispanics programing in higher education seems to be working. Currently for myself they have had the strongest family units. Now I am seeing large families among the Muslim and surprisingly people from Nepal. So numbers of the well programed peoples decline and less educated peoples increase except for black peoples as planned parenthood has managed them. Sad state of affairs but life goes on. |
| Posted by: Dale 2019-03-08 15:03 |
| #5 And when they get educated and start making money and having to pay taxes, they'll vote Republican! We need to keep that border open! |
| Posted by: San Fran Nan 2019-03-08 14:17 |
| #4 This is why we have to keep the border open. |
| Posted by: San Fran Nan 2019-03-08 14:14 |
| #3 Also the tax break for parents has not kept up with the cost of raising a child. If the Gov. had indexed the tax break to the actual inflation rate, one could retire and raise the child. The benevolent government seems to want what children there are in government schools and to make room for the Muslim immigrants. Color me cynical. |
| Posted by: Snavimble Bucket1794 2019-03-08 14:14 |
| #2 In previous poorer cultures, a large brood provided for elderly parent care, even with a high infant/child mortality rate |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-03-08 09:57 |
| #1 The first thing people with disposable income stop spending on nowadays is children. That's not a cynical observation. There are too many feral children in the world and people who are smart enough not to add to that are helping humanity. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-03-08 08:02 |