It's all freakonomics in the U.S. Already, the "souring economy" has affected the birth rate down south, according to a new study by Pew Research Center.
The study, which looked at factors such as income changes, gross domestic produce (GDP), unemployment rates and jobless claims, found that the state's most affected by the economic decline in 2007 and 2008 experienced large dips in fertility in the subsequent two years.
With one of the lowest jobless rates in the country, at 3.1 per cent, North Dakota was the study's sole anomaly, reporting a modest increase in its birth rate in 2008.
From 2008 to 2010, the U.S. birth rate per thousand women fell from 69.6 to 64.7.
Would the current financial climate affect the number of children you choose to have, 99 per cent notwithstanding?
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