Carl Haub Quotations

The reality is that both trends are occurring. The dramatic fertility decline during the 20th century coincided with improved health, access to family planning, economic development, and urbanization.

Our birth rates nationally peak in late summer and early fall. People spend a lot more time indoors in winter, especially in the north, because it's cold outside. The statistics don't lie.

The recent collapse of fertility in Russia has been almost completely economic. When people are uncertain about the future, they don't have children.

Demographic momentum is such that you can't simply change something overnight. Whatever goal you might set, you have to start doing something about it about a generation ahead of time.