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U.N. Study: 'Lack of Choice' Contributing to 'Fertility Crisis'
GLOBAL, JUN 10 – UNFPA's 2025 report reveals 39% of people cite financial barriers as the main reason for having fewer children than desired, urging policy changes to remove obstacles to parenthood.
- On Tuesday, the UNFPA highlighted a significant fertility challenge stemming from individuals delaying or foregoing having children until they feel prepared or willing.
- This crisis is largely driven by economic difficulties, limited reproductive freedom, and a shortage of supportive measures such as compensated parental leave and accessible fertility treatments.
- A UNFPA survey of 14,000 people across 14 countries found 39% cannot afford two or more children, and one in five cannot have their desired number of children.
- Recent research indicates that a significant majority of younger adults—specifically, a large portion of Generation Z and millennials—cite the high costs of living as a key factor in their decision to postpone or forgo having children.
- Although infertility among men seems to be increasing, current data do not support a causal link with Toxoplasma gondii infection, highlighting the need for large-scale human studies to explore this relationship further.
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The real reason birth rates are falling
Last week the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released its State of World Population report. According to the Guardian: ‘Millions of people are prevented from having the number of children they want by a toxic mix of economic barriers and sexism, a new UN report has warned.’ Dr Natalia Kanem, executive director of UNFPA, said:
Mexico City.- The drop in the fertility rate in Mexico, and in many other countries, does not necessarily respond to a lower desire to have children, but to conditioning factors that include, first of all, economic restrictions, warns a report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The State of the World Population 2025 report, entitled "The True Fertility Crisis", presents the results of a survey applied to 14,000 adults (men and women)…
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