You Could Have Fooled Me
Now, I may say this only because I have a young child, but it seems that every third woman in Buenos Aires is either pregnant or pushing around a pram. Evidently, this is not true at all. In fact, according to this La Nación article, it seems that Buenos Aires has downright European (i.e. no child allowed) birth rates.
Los últimos datos del Indec dan cuenta de que las parejas porteñas tienen frecuentemente un hijo, lo que coloca a la tasa global de fecundidad -la cantidad de chicos que tiene una mujer en su vida- en el 1,39 y lejos del 2,1 considerado necesario para un adecuado recambio poblacional en tiempos en los que la expectativa de vida es cada vez mayor. "De por sí, la Argentina es el país con menor natalidad en América latina -señaló el doctor Marcos Horton, vicepresidente de la Sociedad Argentina de Medicina Reproductiva (Samer)-.Who's wrong, me or the statistics bureau? You be the judge.
posted by Ian @ 11:52 AM
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Ian, I don't think it's just you. When I was in Buenos Aires last month, it seemed like everyone was pregnant. My brother even said, "Do they not have condoms here"
Conclusions based on personal perceptions can be biased. I'm a local and this is a old known fact. I remember first hearing of it from my social studies teacher back in highschool, circa 1991 when a census was draw. There are more teen pregnancies now, but I dont't think they make any big difference.
Excuse my english.
Daniel
Sometimes it seems that everyone around is pregnant, usually in summer, but it isn't the reality. Most women become pregnant in older years and more wommen have an only child. That's in the city. There are less children being born.
Soory my english, I didn't use it for quite a long time.
Vero
Really?? I also thought that women in B.A. were just having more babies, but it's not so!
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