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COVID-19 could see thousands of women miss out on having kids, creating a demographic disaster for Australia

  • Written by Liz Allen, Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
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COVID-19 lockdowns have led to suggestions there could be a “coronial” baby boom.

But while a baby boom as a side effect of the devastating pandemic sounds kind of nice, it is probably too good to be true.

What is more likely is that Australians will delay or forego having children because of coronavirus. This could...

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