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In 2012, the Birthrate Was the Lowest Recorded in American

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In 2012, the birthrate was the lowest recorded in American history. Give at least three potential explanations for the rise in childlessness in United States. What kind of changes in the division of household labor might reverse or at least stop this downward trend in births?


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Expected Value

The long-run average value of repetitions of the experiment it represents, known in statistics as the mean of the probability distribution.

Sample Means

Sample Means are the averages calculated from a sample, used as estimates of the population mean.

Normally Distributed

A statistical distribution where data is symmetrically distributed around the mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.

Independent Samples

Samples in which the selection of individuals in one sample does not influence, or is not related to, the selection of individuals in another sample.

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