title: The elusive rise in the American birthrate.
abstract: In summary, (i) neither an immediate nor a dramatic increase in fertility will be required during the next few years for young married women to realize their family-size expectations; (ii) annual fertility trends in California do not provide a useful indicator of annual fertility trends at the national level; (iii) recent economic trends appear to merit considerable attention in an assessment of furture fertility prospects. An examination of recent economic conditions suggests that a substantial increase in annual fertility is unlikely to occur immediately. It would be more likely to occur when the current unfavorable economic conditions have been eliminated.
mesh_terms: D001723:Birth Rate; D002140:California; D004467:Economics; D005298:Fertility; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States