Gen Z are expected to have smaller families, averaging 1.48 children, compared with 1.95 for women born in 1979.
Fertility rates in England and Wales have fallen to 1.39, the lowest since records began in 1938. The main driver seems to be the cost of housing and greater financial strain.
Imran Bristol
Gen Z will not have babies before 35 – if at all – and no one should be surprised tinyurl.com/28bv68bx [iPaper]
The question shouldn't be: why are young people waiting to become parents? It should be: why has financial independence become so impossible?
