Economic crisis costs Italy 62,000 births per year

(ANSA) - Rome, October 1 - 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.