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How did South Korea start producing more babies after long decline? (www.aljazeera.com)
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Will the birthrate continue to rise?

Probably not. Cho Eunjoo, an associate professor of sociology at Jeonbuk National University, downplayed the significance of the recent uptick in the country’s birthrate.

In addition to the rate still being 0.75, far below the 2.1 children needed to maintain a country’s population at its current level, she believes the birthrate will decline again in the near future.

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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Answer: Sex

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not really, no. It's mostly the government enabling people to have families.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Also the conflict between the misogynists and the 4B movement. They've basically got a lysistratite standoff