Baby boom

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A baby boom is any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate. This demographic phenomenon is usually ascribed within certain geographical bounds. People born during such a period are often called baby boomers; however, some experts distinguish between those born during such demographic baby booms and those who identify with the overlapping cultural generations. Conventional wisdom states that baby booms signify good times and periods of general economic growth and stability,[citation needed] however in circumstances where baby booms lead to very large number of children per family unit, such as in the case in lower income regions of the world, the outcome may be different.

Africa

The HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa has contributed locally to a population boom. Aid money used for contraceptives has been diverted over the past two decades into fighting HIV, with the number of babies born far outstripping the deaths from AIDS.[3] Sometimes it is the deaths of children that spur traumatized parents to replace their dead children with excess. Muriana Taiwo, 45, explained that it was “God’s will” for him to have 12 children by his three wives, calling each child a “blessing” because so many of his own siblings had died.[3]

United States

The term "baby boom" most often refers to the post–World War II baby boom (1946–1964) when the number of annual births exceeded 2 per 100 women (or approximately 2% of the total population size).[citation needed] There are an estimated 78.3 million Americans who were born during this demographic boom in births.[4] The term is a general demographic and is also applicable to other similar population expansions.
United States birth rate (births per 1000 population).[1] The United States Census Bureau defines the demographic birth boom as between 1946 and 1964[2] (red).

Recent baby boom periods include the following:

  • Post–World War I baby boom: (1918-1929)
  • Post–World War II baby boom: Years of duration vary, depending on the source (e.g., 1943–1960,[5] 1946–1964[6]).
  • Decreţei: (1967-1989), A baby boom in Romania caused by a ban on abortion and contraception.
  • Echo baby boom (Millennial Generation): (1982–2000), the children of the post-WWII baby boomers.[7][8]

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Notes

  1. ↑ CDC Bottom of this page http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/vsus.htm "Vital Statistics of the United States, 2003, Volume I, Natality", Table 1-1 "Live births, birth rates, and fertility rates, by race: United States, 1909-2003."
  2. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau — Oldest Boomers Turn 60 (2006)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/world/africa/in-nigeria-a-preview-of-an-overcrowded-planet.html?pagewanted=all
  4. ↑ "Baby Boom Population: U.S. Census Bureau, USA and by State". Boomers Life. 2008-07-01. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-18. 
  5. ↑ Strauss, William, & Howe, Neil (1992). Generations: The history of America's future, 1584 to 2069. Harper Perennial. p. 324. ISBN 0-688-11912-3. 
  6. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau (January 3, 2001). "Oldest Baby Boomers Turn 60!". Retrieved August 3, 2009. 
  7. ↑ Leung, Rebecca (2005-09-04). "The Echo Boomers". 60 Minutes (CBS News). Archived from the original on 30 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-24. 
  8. ↑ Marino, Vivian (August 20, 2006). "College-Town Real Estate: The Next Big Niche?". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved September 25, 2010. "College enrollments have been on the rise as the baby boomers' children — sometimes known as the "echo boom" generation — come of age. This group, born from 1982 to 1995, is about 80 million strong." 

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