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  • noun Plural form of birthrate.

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Examples

  • Now evidence is accumulating that Latino migrants are returning to their home countries because of the housing bust construction jobs have disappeared, tougher immigration law enforcement, and a longer-term demographic trend that may be having an effect: a sharp decline in birthrates in Mexico and other Latin countries about 18 years ago.

    Immigration and the Mortgage Meltdown–Michael Barone almost Gets it 2008

  • Now evidence is accumulating that Latino migrants are returning to their home countries because of the housing bust construction jobs have disappeared, tougher immigration law enforcement, and a longer-term demographic trend that may be having an effect: a sharp decline in birthrates in Mexico and other Latin countries about 18 years ago.

    Immigration and the Mortgage Meltdown–Michael Barone almost Gets it 2008

  • Now evidence is accumulating that Latino migrants are returning to their home countries because of the housing bust construction jobs have disappeared, tougher immigration law enforcement, and a longer-term demographic trend that may be having an effect: a sharp decline in birthrates in Mexico and other Latin countries about 18 years ago.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Immigration and the Mortgage Meltdown–Michael Barone almost Gets it 2008

  • An accelerating exodus of American-born blacks, coupled with slight declines in birthrates and a slowing influx of Caribbean and African immigrants, have produced a decline in New York City's black population for the first time since the draft riots during the Civil War, according to preliminary census estimates.

    Metabolism Screwup Day 2006

  • The increase in out-of-wedlock birthrates is more dramatic: In 2005, 59 percent of all first-born French children were born to unwed parents, most by choice, not chance.

    Sound Politics: Turning A Blind Eye To Fatherless Black Babies 2006

  • Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, an organization that has long tracked and exposed right-wing movements, "Demographic winter is a relatively new phrase that describes the old alarmist 'birth dearth' concept -- the idea that we're facing declining birthrates which is supposed to portend all sorts of cataclysmic events."

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, an organization that has long tracked and exposed right-wing movements, "Demographic winter is a relatively new phrase that describes the old alarmist 'birth dearth' concept -- the idea that we're facing declining birthrates which is supposed to portend all sorts of cataclysmic events."

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, an organization that has long tracked and exposed right-wing movements, "Demographic winter is a relatively new phrase that describes the old alarmist 'birth dearth' concept -- the idea that we're facing declining birthrates which is supposed to portend all sorts of cataclysmic events."

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, an organization that has long tracked and exposed right-wing movements, "Demographic winter is a relatively new phrase that describes the old alarmist 'birth dearth' concept -- the idea that we're facing declining birthrates which is supposed to portend all sorts of cataclysmic events."

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, an organization that has long tracked and exposed right-wing movements, "Demographic winter is a relatively new phrase that describes the old alarmist 'birth dearth' concept -- the idea that we're facing declining birthrates which is supposed to portend all sorts of cataclysmic events."

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

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