Going by the alarming fall in birth rate, Kerala would soon acquire the status of an 'old age home', says experts in demographic studies. A detailed analysis of 2011 Census report indicates that the present fertility rate of the state has plunged to 1.8.
Experts have warned that the present situation is quite similar to that of Japan in 1970s, where the fertility rate had gone down to a dismal 1.5. Japan witnessed a demographic shock because of the social burden of its rapidly aging society which left the country crippled.
Experts have warned that the present situation is quite similar to that of Japan in 1970s, where the fertility rate had gone down to a dismal 1.5. Japan witnessed a demographic shock because of the social burden of its rapidly aging society which left the country crippled.
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