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Men have fewer children than women (www.mpg.de)

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[–] velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 2 days ago

"The key finding is that we are observing a shift from a higher total fertility rate among men to a higher total fertility rate among women, which has occurred globally in 2024. This shift is driven by an increase in the proportion of men in the population,' explains Schubert, a researcher at the MPIDR. Schubert and his colleagues attribute this to long-term trends such as falling mortality, narrowing mortality gaps between women and men, and the link to sex-selective abortions in some countries."