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High birth rate examined
By Simon Vevers,
Nursery World,
21 August 2008
A combination of more family-friendly policies and migration from eastern Europe and other 'higher fertility' countries may be behind the highest birthrate for 35 years, according to Julia Margo, associate director of the Institute for Public Policy Research.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released figures last month which showed that each woman in England and Wales gave birth on average to 1.91 children in 2007. This compared with a low of 1.63 in 2001, and a peak of 2.93 children per woman in 1964. Ms Margo said that the highest increase since 1973, when women gave birth to an average of two children,...
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