Their estimates suggest that a $10,000 increase in home prices leads to a 5 percent increase in fertility rates among homeowners and a 2.4 percent decrease among non-homeowners.

The U.S. birth rate plunged to an all-time low in 2024 after being on a downward trajectory for roughly 20 years, with soaring housing costs widely cited as a major contributing factor. Earlier this ...

Among reproductive-aged women across nine US states, only 3% with high Desire to Avoid Pregnancy (DAP) scores became pregnant ...

In Finland, the proportion of births among women aged over 35 has increased, in 2024 accounting for 27.7% of all births. This trend has important implications both at the societal level and for ...