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Report: Arizona’s birth rate plummets due to economic downturn

Rachel Jimenez, Cronkite News Service//October 13, 2011//

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Report: Arizona’s birth rate plummets due to economic downturn

Report: Arizona’s birth rate plummets due to economic downturn

Rachel Jimenez, Cronkite News Service//October 13, 2011//

Mirroring a national trend, the economic downturn is prompting Arizonans to put off having children, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. Arizona, Nevada and California,...

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Tags: Arizona, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Birth rate, recession, United States, Arizona Department of Health Services, Pew Research Center

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