Professor at the Sorbonne-Paris IV, the author has notably published “Géographie des populations. Concepts, dynamics, prospective ”(Armand Colin, 2018).
LE FIGARO.
- Is the drop in births observed in January in France, but also in most European countries, linked to the Covid 19 crisis?
The confinement did not he hope for a "baby boom"?
Gérard-François DUMONT.
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With the pandemic, the decline in births was inevitable.
It has forced some scheduled marriages to be postponed and a first birth has sometimes been delayed.
In addition, the closure of many places of sociability has meant a very strong reduction in the possibilities of meeting, of forming a couple and therefore of parental projects.
In addition, the deterioration of the labor market may have led to giving up children's plans due to economic uncertainties.
Read also: The Covid raises fears of a "baby crash"
Is this drop in births part of a context of declining birth rates in Europe?
It is a phenomenon which is added to a structural reality.
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