Birth rates among women in their twenties declined 15 percent between 2007 and 2012, showing just how much the Great Recession affected family planning. According to the Urban Institute, the research group behind this study, birth rates continuing at 2012 levels would mean millennials have the lowest “of any generation of young women in U.S. history.” The largest drop was 26 percent among Hispanic twentysomethings, compared to 14 percent among blacks and 11 percent among non-Hispanic whites.
