In this episode, we discuss the unique phenomenon of high Jewish fertility rates amid urban settings, contrasting it with the global trend of prosperity-induced demographic collapse.
Thanks for the mention, but you are wrong about a basic point. There is no need to explain why fertility is high among American secular Jews because it *isnt'* high; it's low. In fact, explaining why Israeli secular Jews and American secular Jews have such different fertility patterns is the starting point for a theory, and the pertinent difference is the role that religious Jews play within wider society.
'Jewish adults ages 40-59 report having had an average of 1.9 children, compared with an average of 2.2 children per adult in the same age cohort of the general public. Jews by religion average more children (2.1) than Jews of no religion (1.5), and the average number of children born to Orthodox Jews (4.1) is about twice the overall Jewish average. By contrast, Reform Jews have 1.7 children and Conservative Jews have 1.8 children, on average. Jewish respondents married to Jewish spouses have more children on average than Jews married to non-Jews (2.8 vs. 1.8), and married Jews have more children than those who have never been married (2.3 vs. 0.2).'
'At all ages, fertility among Jewish women is lower than fertility for all U.S. women, whether gauged by the percent who are childless or the average number of children ever born (see Table 4). While both women and men make decisions regarding childbearing, this report follows the standard scientific practice of only referring to women when analyzing fertility. The fertility gap between Jewish and all U.S. women narrows but is not eliminated in later childbearing age groups, indicating that Jewish women delay having children until later years, and then come close to, but do not match, fertility levels of all U.S. women.'
Thanks for the mention, but you are wrong about a basic point. There is no need to explain why fertility is high among American secular Jews because it *isnt'* high; it's low. In fact, explaining why Israeli secular Jews and American secular Jews have such different fertility patterns is the starting point for a theory, and the pertinent difference is the role that religious Jews play within wider society.
While it's low compared to other Jewish subsets, it's significantly higher than the average USA fertiltiy rate, and that counts for quite a lot! :)
But that's not true.
'Jewish adults ages 40-59 report having had an average of 1.9 children, compared with an average of 2.2 children per adult in the same age cohort of the general public. Jews by religion average more children (2.1) than Jews of no religion (1.5), and the average number of children born to Orthodox Jews (4.1) is about twice the overall Jewish average. By contrast, Reform Jews have 1.7 children and Conservative Jews have 1.8 children, on average. Jewish respondents married to Jewish spouses have more children on average than Jews married to non-Jews (2.8 vs. 1.8), and married Jews have more children than those who have never been married (2.3 vs. 0.2).'
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2013/10/01/chapter-2-intermarriage-and-other-demographics/
'At all ages, fertility among Jewish women is lower than fertility for all U.S. women, whether gauged by the percent who are childless or the average number of children ever born (see Table 4). While both women and men make decisions regarding childbearing, this report follows the standard scientific practice of only referring to women when analyzing fertility. The fertility gap between Jewish and all U.S. women narrows but is not eliminated in later childbearing age groups, indicating that Jewish women delay having children until later years, and then come close to, but do not match, fertility levels of all U.S. women.'
https://cdn.fedweb.org/fed-34/136/National-Jewish-Population-Study.pdf