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Not sure what stats you're looking at. In the US it's about 80% of women [1] and 60% of men [2]. More interesting to me is the overall downward trend in ferti
by mdorazio 5y ago
Not sure what stats you're looking at. In the US it's about 80% of women [1] and 60% of men [2]. More interesting to me is the overall downward trend in fertility rates.
[1] https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-rise-of-childless-america https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-rise-of-childless-america
[2] https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2019/mens-fertility.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2019/mens-fer...
- lariati 5y agoI think I am confusing % fertile women vs all men. I think it says about 10% of women are infertile. One thing to keep in mind with those long term fertility rates is that child mortality rates going back that far is just shocking https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041693/united-states-all-time-child-mortality-rate/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041693/united-states-al... It is too harsh to even think about really. It is hard also to understand the rise in fertility rates from the 80s to 2010s.
- newaccount74 5y agoYou guys are mixing up numbers. 80% of women have a child at some point in their lives, and 60% of men age 15+ currently are fathers. A lot of those 40% who are currently not fathers yet will become fathers at some point in their lives.