If fewer people have children… what happens next?
Across the globe birth rates are falling, populations are ageing and debates about parenthood have become intensely divisive.
In this video, we set out to understand why parenthood might no longer feel like the default option, why birth rates are falling faster in some places than others and what this trend could mean for our future.
In case you’re interested here are some of the stories we reference in this video:
1. Scotland’s birth rate falls to lowest level since 1855 – https://bbc.in/4vV6WBw
2. Scotland’s deaths outnumber births – so why is the population still rising? – https://bbc.in/4sXjG84
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In this video…
00:00 – Intro
00:37 – The UK’s population pyramid
01:34 – The story so far… on social media
02:46 – Scotland’s population data
06:30 – What’s a ‘baby desert’?
07:21 – The cost of having children
08:07 – ‘Social infertility’ – reasons we might not have children
11:32 – The Japanese example – ‘a quiet state of emergency’
12:30 – What does the future hold?
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