Pandemic baby boom? It’s a bust despite coronavirus lockdowns

Early in the pandemic, some speculated that couples isolated together during lockdowns might produce a year-end baby boom. The opposite occurred.Five US states have provided monthly birth data through December – Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii and Ohio – and their reports show large declines nine months after Covid-19 was declared a national emergency. More than 50,000 fewer births occurred in these states in 2020 compared with a year earlier.In California, the largest state by population,…

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