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How the pandemic created an unexpected "baby bump"

by Samantha Fields

Oct 19, 2022

The country's birth rate rose in 2021, thanks — at least in part to — schedule flexibility provided by remote work, a study author says.

"By the end of 2021, births for U.S. mothers were up by about 6%, relative to the pre-pandemic trend," UCLA professor Martha Bailey says.

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