Natalism
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Natalism is the belief that human reproduction is the basis for individual existence.[citation needed] At a concrete level, the word is often used to describe government policies that are pro-birth, and aimed at increasing a country's population.[citation needed] The term is taken from the Latin adjective form for "birth", natalis.
Pronatalism is an attitude or an ideology promoting child-bearing.[citation needed] With emergent sub-replacement fertility and a corresponding demographic transition well underway in Europe[citation needed] and Japan[citation needed] leading toward smaller, older populations, some governments implement interventionist policies, incentivising larger families.[citation needed]
In a New York Times editorial, in 2004, journalist David Brooks[1] expressed the opinion that the relatively high birthrate of the United States in comparison to Europe could be attributed to social groups with "natalist" attitudes. The article is referred to in an analysis of the Quiverfull movement,[2] however the figures identified for the demographic are extremely low.
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- ^ "The New Red-Diaper Babies" - David Brooks, New York Times accessed 21 Jan 06
- ^ The Nation accessed 21 Jan 06
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- Breeder (slang)
- Childbirth
- Sub-replacement fertility#The American exception
- Phillip Longman (author of The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity)
- Population decline#National efforts to reverse declining populations
- Population
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