A number of recent articles have been communicating a very concerning crisis with the U.S. maternal mortality rate. DI’s director of research Lyman Stone addresses and corrects these popular apocalyptic narratives. Read the full article to understand how serious errors of interpretation and comparison have driven this false crisis.
The Wall Street Journal cites DI’s director of research Lyman Stone in an article discussing American’s ideal family size. Despite the fertility rate trending lower since 2007, most Americans desire two to three children. The article explores the dichotomy of the actual birth rate dropping with people saying they desire more children. Read the full [...]
DI’s Lyman Stone is cited in a NY Times article that discusses how aftershocks from the coronavirus pandemic continue to rumble across the U.S. economy. Jewelry retailers Kay Jewelers and Zales are seeing the results of Covid’s disruption of dating three years ago. Read the full article here.
The Washington, DC based public policy organization, Economic Innovation Group, highlighted Lyman Stone’s analysis of the effect remote work is having on marriage and family. Some early findings reveal a positive impact on marriage and fertility rates. Read the full analysis here.
Demographic Intelligence has released its December 2022 Fertility & Family Digest Newsletter. The continuing ever-more-bearish economic indicators and their effects on fertility forecasts are addressed. The falling fertility rates in the Philippines are discussed. In addition, the consequences of demographic decline for U.S. state and local governments are reviewed. As a regular feature the newsletter [...]
Chief Information Officer for Demographic Intelligence, Lyman Stone, is cited in The Atlantic’s article, “The Great Pandemic Baby Bump.” The article comments on how many predicted the pandemic-induced economic uncertainty would further the declining domestic fertility rates. However, 2021 saw the first major reversal in fertility rates since 2007. The surprising baby bump resulted in [...]
This Wall Street Journal article discusses the numerous flaws that are a part of the $4 billion U.S. baby formula industry. The combination of low competition and high regulation is a major factor which set the stage for the current nationwide shortage. Lyman Stone of Demographic Intelligence is cited regarding factors that have contributed to [...]
Demographic Intelligence has released a press release regarding the current baby formula shortage. The release lists two trends, in addition to supply chain challenges, that have acerbated the shortage. You may see the press release here.
DI’s Lyman Stone is cited in The Atlantic’s article “What’s Behind America’s Shocking Baby-Formula Shortage?” The article focuses on three key areas related to the full-blown national crisis: bacteria, a virus, and a trade policy. Stone references the uptick in births in early 2022. Read the full article here.
The Washington Examiner explores several causes for the current baby formula shortage. Lyman Stone, Demographic Intelligence’s Chief Information Officer, is cited several times as he shares a number of specifics from his on-going research. One key area discussed is the breastfeeding rates that have been declining since 2019. Read the full article here.
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