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Re:Germany passes Japan to have world's lowest birth rate by lorenzhs on Sunday May 31, 2015 @08:10AM (#9633906)
On the aspect of religion, this varies strongly by region. In the "neue Bundesländer" (former GDR), people are generally a lot less religious due to the GDR actively discouraging religion. Meanwhile, Bavaria is very catholic (and quite conservative). It would be interesting to see if/how religion and birth rate correlate in Germany.
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Re:Germany passes Japan to have world's lowest birth rate by anouk_anca on Sunday May 31, 2015 @11:37AM (#9634456)
There is also a big economic disparity between the former GDR and Bavaria, so I'm not sure how valid a comparison just based on religion could be.
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