Diaper Sales Down in the US, Americans Having Fewer Babies

[pstokely]

Source: CNN Money

(CNN Money) — America’s birth rate is at its lowest level in three decades. That’s a problem for Pampers and Huggies.

Birth rates began dropping in 2008 as the economy sank into a recession. Better access to contraceptives and younger Americans having children later in their lives have extended the decline, the National Center for Health Statistics found.

The downturn caused disposable diaper and training pant sales to fall almost 6% from April 2017 to 2018, according to Nielsen’s most recent brick-and-mortar retail scanner data.

“This new reality is beginning to take a substantial toll,” said Svetlana Uduslivaia, the head of industry research at Euromonitor International. The diaper slump will probably be the “normal for the foreseeable future.”

Read more: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2018/06/14/diaper-sales-down-in-the-us-americans-having-fewer-babies/

[sandensea]

1. Cheeto's decision to sabotage Obamacare NO DOUBT played a part in this.

It's at its lowest level not "in 30 years" - but on record (although still high in absolute numbers).

If births fell 6% last year, as the article suggests, it would put the birth rate at 11.4 per 1,000 - a rate similar to France's.

[roamer65]

2. Declining standard of living.

They are foregoing children because they cannot afford them.

[BigmanPigman]

3. I read it costs over $200,000

"The Cost of Raising a Child Jumps to $233,610. The cost of raising a child has increased in the last year, according to a report from the Department of Agriculture. For a middle-income family to raise a child born in 2015 through the age of 17, the cost of rearing a child has hit $233,610, according to the report.Jan 9, 2017"

This is NOT with college fees too.

[SergeStorms]

4. Actually...

that seems like a lowball estimate to me. I would have thought it more, but who can argue with Trump's Department of Agriculture?

[csziggy]

18. That figure probably does not include education

If you factor in pre-school, private schools for some children, and college, that figure could easily double.

[Sherman A1]

11. Precisely

And hardly a surprise.

[SergeStorms]

5. From Bob Dylan's 'Masters of War'.

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

I know I'd think twice, perhaps three times, before bringing a child into this world. Human beings are a doomed species.

[donkeypoofed]

6. A country has to keep the population steady to sustain itself

So when birth rates drop and only white immigrants are.allowed in, whose gonna do the work and pay into social security? The Repugnicans aren't thinking straight. Hell,they're not even a political party anymore; they're more like wannabe Overlords.

[No Vested Interest]

7. The decline in diaper sales is more than made up by the rise in sales of

incontinence products as the US population ages.

[C Moon]

8. But diaper sales are up in the WH.

[meadowlander]

9. LMFAO

[lagomorph777]

15. Yup, it spikes every time Mueller releases indictments.

[C Moon]

17. :D

[woundedkarma]

10. Maybe people are finally learning the awesomeness of cloth diapers??

Hah.. who am I kidding.. I hate cloth. if it weren't for my wife I'd be using disposables

[csziggy]

19. That's true - our niece only used cloth diapers on her three children

Our other great nephew is being raised with disposables, but his parents travel a lot and cloth diapers are not practical. That kid has been to five continent and he's not even two yet!

[Vinca]

12. I don't know how people can afford to have children. From diapers to college it costs a fortune.

[Homer Wells]

13. I don't think I would want

To bring a child into this this grim world we live in currently.

I know each generation has its own crises to deal with, but with
What is happening now, I'd think twice about subjecting my child
To such a fate. Of course, I am 70 years old, and way past the desire
To have kids now.

[Nitram]

14. The perfect birth control. Uncertainty about the future.

[IronLionZion]

16. Millennials are killing everything!

I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world where they will be treated like a job stealing foreigners despite being born here in the USA.

Even if my kids have a white mom, they'll probably still be deported the way things are going.

[irisblue]

20. Can't afford kids Can't afford an apartment to raise a kid in, can't afford diapers

And now a trade war.

[joanbarnes]

21. BUT we will all soon need adult diapers!