Italy has lost 62,000 births per
year since the onset of financial crisis in 2008, the
socio-economic research company Censis said Wednesday.
Births in Italy have fallen from 577,000 to 514,000 in the
years from 2008 to 2013, concluded the study presented in Rome
by Censis and the Ibsa Foundation, called To Become a Parent
Today.
Eighty-three percent of survey respondents said economic
crisis made choosing to have a child more difficult. Among
adults below the age of 34, who are most fertile but also most
affected by Italy's adverse economic conditions, more than 90%
said the economy weighed on their child-bearing choices.
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