<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 13:59:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/birthrate/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Fertility Trilema - Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[I plan to write a book entitled The Fertility Trilema which will be released in first draft form as a series of Hive posts. 1. Introduction - A personal story I recently attended the Bat Mitzvah of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fertility/@apshamilton/the-fertility-trilema-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fertility/@apshamilton/the-fertility-trilema-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[fertility]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:24:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4C5AHh5ourPwYufs6UbJXqSvgWN7SXq9ipLrZhNTgLSAGe8zmoRVwJsxdZzZyafCp1GtEyQ4FYWqSBmSpsp3WM3JJW5oBg7vsEt8GyXMoRuqjjJjga?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[$5,000 Baby Bonus?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Graph from U. S. Census shows decline in births from 2001-2021. Public domain The Trump Administration is floating the idea of giving a $5,000 baby bonus to "every American mother after giving]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@agmoore/dollar5000-baby-bonus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@agmoore/dollar5000-baby-bonus</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196233]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[agmoore]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 14:31:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqNLBNWzfDNACKMmt7PQYBqA8oND7Ro9k5Hzzdpg6bDDwE7CtZFti2ihHkFtPnEeM7R7LqCgdu88snCs8bMLNcj1E6fDVfgnFeuHexBadDrhLqoc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birth rate in a global world, and incentives for it [EN/PT]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Font [EN] Hello friends and community, to start another week we have a good topic for reflection, and in this case a dilemma in my opinion between the constitution of the family in this case in terms of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@ricestrela/birth-rate-in-a-global-world-and-incentives-for-it-enpt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@ricestrela/birth-rate-in-a-global-world-and-incentives-for-it-enpt</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ricestrela]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 21:17:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLJJ4bD4hoW8rX4Wirk84ePfy5rH1xF4WLSvhxL9bbMbPDVCp3wAwmX5LHvonZAvmSxnxGzSaLZvbh84qtppKMeHgBKkAFwZj1aAzV5D8cNWTL1GbmYd4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk, Ripple und die Geburtenrate - Musk, Ripple and the birth rate -]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wird Ripple zum Bezahlsystem bei X? Gäbe einen ordentlichen Schub. Will Ripple become a payment system at X? Would give a decent boost. Und die Geburtenraten machen Musk auch große Sorgen. Will er jetzt]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@blkchn/musk-ripple-und-die-geburtenrate-musk-ripple-and-the-birth-rate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@blkchn/musk-ripple-und-die-geburtenrate-musk-ripple-and-the-birth-rate</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blkchn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 20:09:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCRWV23Z97jqozb7WEMBYayKUE43prpz19F9UhjMtXNqAjGXccKdNSh4a3aPdxh3nP5Cf7hFqmFYDmwVBSrcMN8wrGxUbos54nh8gkiYocVgwmY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scared of and for our future children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dropping fertility rates have been an area of interest for me lately, both on a private level and and more broadly on a psychological/societal one. It's an issue that a few years previous I blamed on an]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-109288/@honeydue/scared-of-and-for-our-future-children</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-109288/@honeydue/scared-of-and-for-our-future-children</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-109288]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeydue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 07:58:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTamZtjiRVK9pxDgRdg2RtnXmG5dbeGuzK3WNfkBktwpfdNB13CNFQaot5MkYGsCkk6zjhVWgYqdivJoBazSH7SNc4CHCEKVae2gLdvQTyuxywtNizdCKSTFR416dCz892SGYqJfQ67auRMpybVnX8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hall Pass to Procreation]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been thinking a fair bit about social attitudes regarding motherhood and pregnancy and a conversation I had last night really surprised me. At my friend's birthday party, talk turned to a pregnant]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-124452/@honeydue/hall-pass-to-procreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-124452/@honeydue/hall-pass-to-procreation</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-124452]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeydue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2024 08:48:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTamZtjiRVK9pxDgRdg2RtnXmG5dbeGuzK3WNfkBktwpfdNB13CNFQaot5MkX1CEWirtjC4GPpXh27EwXWNjKy2gbJsrYoxMu6DWM38swnjsZ3b2DCXwvgM95QRGqF6PPCs5BqQosXAChxS82TjDWN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massive drop in births and fertility in 2023! I wonder why?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2023, all across the world, the number of births dropped in almost every country and many countries by 5-10% with some significant European countries dropping by more than 10%. Source This is an existential]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fertility/@apshamilton/massive-drop-in-births-and-fertility-in-2023-i-wonder-why</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fertility/@apshamilton/massive-drop-in-births-and-fertility-in-2023-i-wonder-why</guid><category><![CDATA[fertility]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 18:43:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4C5AHh5ourPwYufs6UbJsR2crvj1pUrA2X5iSBPNDZHpGVPkMjeGLr1bQF9fLTnQFZVPmQWk5Lpk9D8qqCudphtK5bCu2HVhX4xzePbhcVsHc7euze?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Depopulation Bomb]]></title><description><![CDATA[By the 1960’s, the industrialized west was unmistakably trending not just from a “decrease in population increase,” but toward outright depopulation. Across the planet birth rates have dropped below death]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110786/@saltycat/the-depopulation-bomb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110786/@saltycat/the-depopulation-bomb</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-110786]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[saltycat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 12:46:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtKm1ixfRE6SfgaSiANQC1qU1d2n4PBE8jboWG5SQRKotUgVC6SJa7b85c9MSodQsKHS3jexG4aFsL236pBaL6oHDwo3T8Wg6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[낙태금지법 시행후 루마니아에서 벌어진 일과 St침 산후 튼살침 치료]]></title><description><![CDATA[낙태금지법 시행후 루마니아에서 벌어진 일과 St침 산후 튼살침 치료 1966년 루마니아 국가원수였던 니콜라에 차우셰스쿠는 낙태 금지법을 시행합니다. 그 조치는 루마니아의 출산율이 급격히 줄어들고 있다는 위기감에서 기인했습니다. ‘Decree 770’이라고 불리는 낙태금지법은 강간이나 근친상간을 통한 임신과 의학적으로 산모의 생명을 위협하는 임신, 그리고 이미]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/kr/@homeosta/2mmguf-st</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/kr/@homeosta/2mmguf-st</guid><category><![CDATA[kr]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[homeosta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2019 03:39:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUYoFYtCPrfUchER6ihYi34N6pxK6dEDrYSWJEdATy8JvKxcYqk2AJ9E8sxNzUDJmnJGQcBLsjn8CEC7mP9kN2ay8XU6YyZxNqMqQUttruEcWMH68E3cx2Fmv8jFf3c4953J8jFkmztvQQKS5VUeybh62vQc9hDHN8ai?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's Demographic and Economic Doom-Loop Is Well Underway]]></title><description><![CDATA[From 2007 through 2018, births in the US have declined by 470 thousand on an annual basis, or an 11% decline. The US fertility rate has likewise cracked lower, from 2.12 births to 1.72, an 18% decline]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/declining/@buhgalter/america-s-demographic-and-economic-doom-loop-is-well-underway</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/declining/@buhgalter/america-s-demographic-and-economic-doom-loop-is-well-underway</guid><category><![CDATA[declining]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[buhgalter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 12:08:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Population Problems: Canada Vs Hungary]]></title><description><![CDATA["So far, the prophets of overpopulation have been defeated by technology. But human ingenuity alone can never deliver a final victory in the battle to feed the world -- eventually, population growth]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/population/@venomnymous/population-problems-canada-vs-hungary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/population/@venomnymous/population-problems-canada-vs-hungary</guid><category><![CDATA[population]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[venomnymous]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 21:59:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNtze9xHvT6xWCdz7q3QGD35ZKdaPpVrFksWkHhe1Y4ZRDwDH6cJFXtfZnnN3JNrhPQLFyMqoTsPNMqoUY79MiqsxsmyKubkFyigjWYtSZLXJ5EP7tCHU6KzZuaWwyeGoJnFhVVG3nUEa5gSwHcVaa4xE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[MBC 스페셜 다큐 초저출산 산부인과와 산후 튼살침 치료]]></title><description><![CDATA[2018년 10월 29일 오후 11시 ‘MBC 스페셜’ 에서는 초저출산의 시대 속에서도 출산을 간절히 희망하는 부부들이 등장했다. 한국은 경제협력개발기구(OECD) 회원국 중 합계출산율이 1.3명 미만으로 유일한 초저출산 국가이다. ‘MBC 스페셜’ 은 초저출산의 시대 속에서도 아이 낳기를 간절히 희망하는 부부들의 사례를 통해 생명 탄생이 주는 여러 의미를]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/kr/@homosat1/mbc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/kr/@homosat1/mbc</guid><category><![CDATA[kr]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[homosat1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2018 08:15:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHYH7YJSQRmv9QJySr7hbiwuhPTVGVV3x3xV9yDVFV68rJ1VTB6gjcPVEftPpqUWYCpc9errKMYuXuh7vdSzT2u71eU5FP54Beo7iY2UVbZhGg7cKJZBnWr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan's Declining Population]]></title><description><![CDATA[Japan has the third lowest birth-rate in the world (only Saint Pierre, Miquelon and Monaco have lower rates, but they are very small, not even reaching 50,000 inhabitants combined). 2016 became the first]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/populationdecline/@pinkspectre/japan-s-declining-population</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/populationdecline/@pinkspectre/japan-s-declining-population</guid><category><![CDATA[populationdecline]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pinkspectre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2018 06:20:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPPyWbzzgSrQWDi4RbKHLfUjSgUz5M57HsFinTsk6JQmCY8owBwef18TqsciFwqfuwqXjJ2K9Kt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[한국의 출산률]]></title><description><![CDATA[요새 한국의 출산률이 저하되고있다는 경고가 여기저기서 들린다. 산모의 나이도 고령화 되어가고있고 심지어 서울의 출생률은 1명이 안된다는 충격적인 뉴스도 있다. 역시 우리나라는 모든것이 빠르게 바뀌고 한번 방향을 잡으면 무섭게 달려가는걸까...? 어렸을때지만 불과 20-30년전쯤엔 출생률이 너무높다고오히려 둘만 낳아 잘기르자 라는 포스터가 유행하고 모델이 차범근씨였던가]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birthrate/@yesgood/6adqdp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birthrate/@yesgood/6adqdp</guid><category><![CDATA[birthrate]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[yesgood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 13:28:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low Birth Rate in Korea]]></title><description><![CDATA[The policy makers are idiots. I would like to know what the average age of those thatmake such policies. They tall about welfare programs and put up incentives with very little results. I would say the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/korea/@silverback72/low-birth-rate-in-korea-105511e301c1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/korea/@silverback72/low-birth-rate-in-korea-105511e301c1</guid><category><![CDATA[korea]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[silverback72]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:34:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muslim Demographics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Very interesting 8 minutes video from 2009]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/demographics/@highme/muslim-demographics-2017926t21207155z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/demographics/@highme/muslim-demographics-2017926t21207155z</guid><category><![CDATA[demographics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[highme]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:20:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dwmkH865EYsNqPeWJZHP2JCLryD7gaUiQy4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[US fertility rates and marriage rates both hit record lows in 2017 so far - what are the causes?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Birthrates continued the long downward trend in the first quarter of 2017, signifying that the long expected rebound in child rearing with a reported improving economy is unlikely to take place anytime]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birthrate/@uncerntropy/us-fertility-rates-and-marriage-rates-both-hit-record-low-in-2017-so-far-what-are-the-causes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birthrate/@uncerntropy/us-fertility-rates-and-marriage-rates-both-hit-record-low-in-2017-so-far-what-are-the-causes</guid><category><![CDATA[birthrate]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uncerntropy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2017 00:33:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVg1h196C7QjvpcG8uTFpZQTYnFJb81qipUpV3ZCwqeaV72uaZjWRuSvmX66aYCP3MRM5Sk6iEbuwt3Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan, Short on Babies, Reaches a Worrisome Milestone.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/japan/@moniquer/japan-short-on-babies-reaches-a-worrisome-milestone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/japan/@moniquer/japan-short-on-babies-reaches-a-worrisome-milestone</guid><category><![CDATA[japan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[moniquer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2017 21:31:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eJPPCjKzKdYigro27JzgAdy5VfUB6UMbQx6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[결혼식 폐백의 대추와 밤 아이 출산과 자향미한의원 배 튼살치료]]></title><description><![CDATA[결혼식 폐백의 대추와 밤 아이 출산과 배 튼살치료 결혼식에 사용되는 음식에는 나름대로의 의미가 담겨져 있는 경우가 많은데, 결혼이 진행되는 과정 중에서 다자다복에 대한 소망은 절대로 빠질 수 없는 중요한 사항이다. 이에 관련된 많은 음식이나 과일 등은 현대 중국의 민속에도 단골 메뉴로 등장한다. 우리나라의 예를 들어봐도 결혼식이 끝난 후 폐백을 드릴 때 어른들이]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/afterbirth/@imagediet/6tmpnp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/afterbirth/@imagediet/6tmpnp</guid><category><![CDATA[afterbirth]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[imagediet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2017 02:27:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BIRTH RATE IS DROPPING: It's ok to love your pets.. but when do we draw the line?]]></title><description><![CDATA[               Pet's are amazing. They are therapeutic, loving, and even rewarding. However I have noticed a trend among the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/animals/@bearbear613/birth-rate-is-dropping-it-s-ok-to-love-your-pets-but-when-do-we-draw-the-line</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/animals/@bearbear613/birth-rate-is-dropping-it-s-ok-to-love-your-pets-but-when-do-we-draw-the-line</guid><category><![CDATA[animals]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bearbear613]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 16:22:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgnRrABVGgMSFG3LQW86m2SjCF7m5ZDXeubUGDmTqhP9HwJbAZZ2ac16m7uYV217J64pUcZ5o7KTJuq9HAyn7jb3Bt6QmgLdutH2voX7XuVTfAv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>