Once upon a time it was thought that the inauguration of President Obama could lead to a bright future for the United States and an increase in the birth of babies, but this was not the case. In fact, the birth rate fell in 2008, the first annual decline since the beginning of the decade and all indicators show the decline to continue until May 2009. "Births are now mainly planned and not very sensitive to good news," according to the University of Chicago sociologist and demographer Donald Bogue.

This may help explain why the baby boomers Obama never developed . Not surprisingly, the economy can certainly be blamed for Americans to have fewer children. If you are uncertain about the future, having a child is considered a bad idea, especially given the amount of money to raise and educate a child until adulthood. With the soaring price of college and a degree becomes a necessity in the hiring process, the average cost of raising a child born 2009 will amount to $ 266.

698. This figure includes four college diploma a year public university average $ 12,796 a year and a cost of $ 11,973 for the first year of the child's life. The Classifieds birth rate has always changed with the economy. Low birth rate record were reported during the Depression of the 1930s and during the oil embargo of the 1970s when feminism was also on the rise and the options of birth control expanded. In the 1970s, the economy almost dictated that two employees in a family. Stephanie Coontz, a professor at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, and director of research for the Council on Contemporary Families, a group of research and advocacy said: "Over 80 percent of job losses in this recession has been borne by men.

There are many families where a maternity leave that would mean no income coming in." The birth rate in 2007 hit a record high 50 years old, but has declined about 2% in almost all 10 states in 2008, according to National last week's Vital Statistics Report Preliminary data for 2008. States have been relatively little affected less severely affected by the recession. In the first three months of 2009, births declined 7% in Florida and Arizona and 2.6% in California, its first decline since 2001.

One could also argue that couples are waiting longer to marry and to found a family and the child producing current population is more focused on "me" as "we." Data for 2009 will be crucial if we consider the start date of the current recession to be December 2007 or early 2008. Since the state of the economy is worse than the 1970s, all measures and indicators show a declining birth rate. However, Mark Mather, a demographer with the Population Reference Bureau also suggested that the recent decline in immigration to the United States may be a contributing factor.

It will certainly be interesting to see the vital data of official statistics after 2009 comes to an end. Although our new President did not spark a resumption of fertility, it is interesting to note that the name Barack to hit a new record on the Social Security Administration annually the most popular baby names list drawing on more than 10,000 seats. It went from 12,535 in 2007, number 2409 number in 2008 with projections for it to hit the top 1,000 this year. So if you're one of the fortunate to receive invitations Invitations Baptism Baptism or by mail, remember that in the coming year, we may well see a sharp drop in Baby birth announcements while we await the figures official birth rate for 2009 and projections for 2010.

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