The political class is worried about the historic drop. But the biggest change is among the youngest women, who are the least ready to have children.

The U.S. birth rate has fallen to its lowest rate in history, but the women driving that change are not the ones the people might expect.

Republicans have gone from belly-aching about prolific “welfare queens” to wringing their hands about the low birth rate and ...

In contemporary society, discussions increasingly focus on career advancement, secondary income opportunities, travel, and ...

In their new book After the Spike, demographers Dean Spears and Michael Geruso make the counterintuitive case for worrying ...