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Will push to up birthrate work?

( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-02-26 08:42
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Bjorn (UK)

Statistics show that some countries in Europe such as Spain and Italy have low fertility rates. Female employment is suggested as an influence on the fertility rate. In the UK and France where women have better employment and working environments, the fertility rate is higher.

Will push to up birthrate work?

Nurse Tina takes care of twins in the neonatology department the University in Leipzig, Germany, 07 January 2010. [Photo/DFIC]

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