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Re:Why are Europeans so hesitant to have children, and what ... by cia_plant on Sunday June 29, 2008 @01:23PM (#231278)
the conversion factor would be life expectancy * 2, wouldn't it be? So ~160*11.6 / 1000 = 1.86. Overestimate since life expectancy is just shy of eighty.
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Re:Why are Europeans so hesitant to have children, and what ... by speedwagon on Sunday June 29, 2008 @01:33PM (#231290)
The Wikipedia article actually lists fertility rates farther down, and white Americans clock in at 2.0 - significantly higher than the Europeans.

While the Times article certainly has an alarmist tone, American fertility rates are an anomaly in the industrialized world.

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