Lockdown or loneliness? Covid brought on a ‘kind of stressful’ baby boom in Australia
Coronavirus | The Guardian
New data shows the birthrate went up in 2021, after a record low in 2020 and years of declineGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA pandemic might not seem like the ideal time to have a baby, but new data backs up the idea that Covid precipitated a baby boom.According to an Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report – Australia’s mothers and babies – a record 315,705 babies were born in 2021, while the birthrate itself was up to 61 per 1,000 women of reproductive age from 56 per 1,000 the year before.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…
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