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NEW YORK -- When most of the U.S. went into lockdown more than a year ago, some speculated confining couples to their homes -- with little to entertain them beyond Netflix -- would lead to a lot of ...

Demographers don’t make for scintillating keynotes. Their stock in trade is glacially-evolving zip-plus-4 and mailbox-level data. They thrill at the subtlest wrinkles in household patterns across 20-, ...

This post was co-authored by Kate Choi. After shelter-in-place orders came into effect, there was considerable speculation that a “coronavirus baby boom” might emerge nine months later. 1 A ...

Economic factors, not just lockdown-induced forced proximity, played a key role in last year's "baby bump," according to the economists behind a new working paper released earlier this week.

When most of the U.S. went into lockdown over a year ago, some speculated that confining couples to their homes — with little to entertain them beyond Netflix — would lead to a lot of baby-making. But ...

(CBS) -- When the pandemic first took hold in the U.S., many joked that widespread lockdowns would spark a "baby boom" and sky-high birth rates. But nearly a year later, the opposite appears to be ...