France: How Do You explain Four Consecutive Years of Decreasing Fertility?

By Gérard-François Dumont
English

France has recorded a downward trend in fertility for four years running, with an impact on the likewise falling number of births [1]. Is this because women no longer want to be mothers or are deferring their decisions to have children till later? Or are changes in family policy a more important explanatory factor?

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