home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: rec.backcountry
- Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!jeffk
- From: jeffk@dosXX.med.utah.edu (Jeff Knell)
- Subject: Multiplying in the Backcountry (kids/population)
- In-Reply-To: mpb@troy.cc.bellcore.com's message of Tue, 17 Nov 92 14:02:35 GMT
- Message-ID: <JEFFK.92Nov17103207@dosXX.med.utah.edu>
- Sender: news@fcom.cc.utah.edu
- Organization: Department of Genetics, University of Utah
- References: <1992Nov10.185820.25091@news.uiowa.edu> <141643@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>
- <1992Nov17.140235.29055@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Distribution: na
- Date: 17 Nov 92 10:32:07
- Lines: 26
-
- << ...discussion about having fewer children ...>>
-
- < While I'll agree that the days of having 10 & 12 children are long gone,
- < due to the fact that most of them will survive to adulthood and reproduce
- < (no true that very long ago, in the whole scheme of things). I don't
- < think that limiting people to one or even two children would be good
- < in the US. If I'm not mistaken, the population of the US has been
- < flat or declining slightly, if you exclude emigrants. ...
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- < Marc
-
- I do not have the statistics in front of me,
- buy it is my understanding that the population
- of the US, while not growing at third world rates,
- is again growing rapidly.
-
- I believe that for a short time (70's ?) the
- growth rate was near zero, but the mating
- habits of the baby boomers have change that.
-
- Anyone out there have the numbers?
-
-
- jeff
-
- feitctaj
-