Your Quarterly E-Zine Edition 11 • December 2019
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Lockdown measures have forced many people and businesses to change how they communicate.
Some might think that the Boomers have got it made. Not necessarily so.
Fertility rates have fallen rapidly since the mid-twentieth century, when five children were typical for the average child-bearing woman. In most developed economies, including New Zealand, the fertility rate has fallen below the World Health Organisation (WHO) determined neutral replacement rate of 2.1 births per child-bearing female.