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- <text id=89TT1578>
- <title>
- June 19, 1989: World Notes:Italy
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- June 19, 1989 Revolt Against Communism
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 41
- World Notes
- ITALY
- Basta to Bambini
- </hdr><body>
- <p> How many children are enough? For Italian women between 15
- and 49, the average number these days is 1.3, one of the world's
- lowest fertility rates and especially remarkable for a nominally
- Roman Catholic country.
- </p>
- <p> At this rate, according to the Washington-based Population
- Reference Bureau, a private data-gathering organization,
- Italy's population will decline from today's 57.6 million to
- 55.9 million by the year 2020.
- </p>
- <p> Analysts attribute the decrease to growing interest among
- women in pursuing careers, limited availability of full-time
- day-care services and a fast-rising cost of living. Other
- factors include housing shortages in the cities and the 1978
- legalization of abortion.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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