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prima:Declining birth rates put the island’s population at risk

Economic factors, among others, are to blame for fewer women of reproductive age having children, contributing to the drop in population along with an increase in deaths and the impact of migration

April 7, 2023 - 10:51 AM

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Census Bureau data show that from April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2022, Puerto Rico’s population fell 2.2 percent. (Shutterstock)

Vivianna de Jesús Monge has dedicated her life to demography and anthropology. She is a university professor and enjoys traveling in her free time. Although she has thought about becoming a mother, for various reasons, it has not happened.

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