Birth rates in the United States are near record lows, but not for everyone. Indeed, under the surface of the fertility decline since 2007 is a little noticed fact: fertility has declined much more among nonreligious Americans than among the devout. Data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) from 1982 to 2019, along with data from four waves of the Demographic Intelligence Family Survey (DIFS) from 2020 to 2022, point to a widening gap in fertility rates between more religious and ...| Institute for Family Studies
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Suggestions from Meta whistleblower Arturo Béjar, which could have been implemented long ago| www.afterbabel.com
Why changes in stigma and self-reporting procedures cannot explain the international decline of adolescent girls’ mental health.| www.afterbabel.com
In a recent essay for Social Science & Medicine–Mental Health, epidemiologist Catherine Gimbrone and coauthors identified a significant gap in depressive attitudes between liberal and conservative teens. This gap was present in all years observed in the study (2005–18). It grew significantly starting in 2012, however, as depressive affect unilaterally spiked among liberals. Three years…| American Affairs Journal
Why girls from wealthy, secular, and individualistic nations were hit hardest.| www.afterbabel.com
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