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Costs, careers and choice: Why Indians are having fewer children

India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has dropped to 1.9 children per woman - lower than the benchmark level of 2.1.

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Costs, careers and choice: Why Indians are having fewer children

India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has dropped to 1.9 children per woman - lower than the benchmark level of 2.1.

Bengaluru, India Soon after Nidhi Agarwal got married, she and her partner decided not to have children. Nine years later, thats a decision they still stick by. Before marriage, we never discussed …

Originally published by Al Jazeera English. Read the full article →

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