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Baby population growth slowed just before recession

Posted May 20th, 2009 by Tara Murray in Fertility, US Demography

“Did America’s moms and dads and potential parents see the meltdown coming before the economists?” asks an AP news story. According to Census data, the rate of growth in the baby population dropped between 2007 and 2008.

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