Fertility rate in England and Wales drops to new low

“It is likely that current cost-of-living pressures, with rising housing and childcare expenses, are also shaping the environment in which this group is making fertility decisions,” said Dr Alina Pelikh (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society).

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