Is the U.S. a nation?

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Is the U.S. a nation or a “mortion?” (natio = birth, mors = death)

These are the results of a very interesting report on the fertility of U.S. women in 2006.

Children ever born per woman living in U.S.: 1.862 (much below the replacement level of 2.1)

Being white = death?
Children ever born per
hispanic woman: 2.300
white woman: 1.849
Why? Is it because hispanics are generally Catholic? If so, hopefully they will continue to help the national birthrate get above the replacement level of 2.1.

U.S. culture = death?
Children ever born per
native U.S. woman: 1.823
foreign-born woman: 2.052
Why? Is it because the U.S. culture doesn’t value children? Does the U.S. now depend on immigrants because natives haven’t been doing their share of the birthrate?

College = death?
Children ever born per women with a
high school diploma: 1.719
bachelor’s degree: 1.632
Why? Is it because we value a college education over children?

Contraception = death
45.1% of women of fertile age in the U.S. do not have children!
(cf., 38.0% for hispanic women of fertile age in the U.S and 47.5% for white women of fertile age in the U.S.; 53.1% of women of fertile age in the U.S. are married.)
Why, and is this due primarily to contraception?
 
Just my opinion, but I think the reason for this is a result of captilism. Our mark of success in America is measured in financials. We are obsessed with status, wealth and fame. Babies get in the way. They require us to sacrifice our time, our desires and our money. They require attention and dedication. We will have babies until they have too significant of an impact on our way of life. The generations from the baby-boomers on are largely spoiled. Personal sacrifice and personal responsibility were two values that did not get passed down for the most part.

Babies require a “we” mindset, but America has only mastered the “me” concept. I won’t pretend that I’m not guilty of it myself, because I am. But I pray that we can all change to the lifestyle that our Father intended for us.
 
There is a correlation between social level or economic well being and birth rates. As groups become more wealthy they tend to bear fewer children. Poorer groups and less well educated groups have higher birth rates. A decline in birth rate can be observed in a country/nation as the average level of wealth and education increases. The question is why? The fact that there are spikes in the birth rate when events like the black out in the Eastern U.S. a while back might be one clue, but only one. When there is nothing else to do, we make babies…
 
Can’t vote but would have evened the 2:1 odds to 2:2 by saying ‘mortion’.
 
I’m pne of the poor that didn’t have children. Other than all the implications of bad health of my wife. I’m a bit relieved I didn’t because there would be a big question of their education. i’m far too poor to send them to ACaatholic school, my wife doesn’t have the acedemic ability to home school, and Iv’e very anti public school, which make deciding on education a challenge.
 
Geremia said:
Like half-alive and/or half-dead?
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Not exactly. I mean that certain aspects of societies promote life and others death. This goes for all societies, not just the U.S.

The meat industry is a far greater threat to life than abortion, IMHO. The OP does not consider anything but human life.
 
rwoehmke said:
There is a correlation between social level or economic well being and birth rates. As groups become more wealthy they tend to bear fewer children. Poorer groups and less well educated groups have higher birth rates. A decline in birth rate can be observed in a country/nation as the average level of wealth and education increases. The question is why? The fact that there are spikes in the birth rate when events like the black out in the Eastern U.S. a while back might be one clue, but only one. When there is nothing else to do, we make babies…
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The section above in bold is quite true. A solution to low birth rates is of course government incentives to married couples in order to have more children, such as tax breaks, which are currently in use. Also, I suspect the Hispanic birth rate to decrease in the coming years to be more in line with white birth rates. Moreover, although a replacement rate of 1.8 is below the replacement rate of 2.1 it certainly is much better than the replacement rate of such countries as Greece and Italy, which ranges from 1.3 to 1.4.
 
People value $ and “success over life” over life - or more simply $ is a higher god to many than the Almighty.
 
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