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 Population Bureau Reference http://www.prb.org/Articles/2007/newfertilityrates.aspx

Objective Analysis http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9126/index1.html

Free Choice or Preferred for Survival

In order to keep the world’s population at a steady rate constant, every woman should have 2.1 children during her lifetime (Mosher ¶4 ). Of course there will be some minor staggering and fluctuation in the replacement level, yet natural equilibrium will produce a healthy population. This is true until a force whether it is human or natural disasters’ disturbs the natural reproduction of the human population. Former Soviet bloc countries for example, are experiencing a change in “Fertility Behavior under Income uncertainty”, which explains how income affects the birth rates (Ranjun ¶1 ). A fluctuation in population over a long period of time is unhealthy for the lifestyles all over the world for many reasons. Due to the change in fertility behavior, the economies of the former Soviet bloc countries’ have become unbalanced (Ranjun ¶1 ). Any change in equilibrium increase or decrease raises concern specifically in countries and civilizations that are experiencing the change hands on. The question is; what exactly caused such a drastic fluctuation in the European and Asian population over the last five decades. Europe’s population has declined drastically and rapidly over the last fifty years. There are various reason why, starting with the multiple financial situations of families or single mothers now face. Low income influences low fertility rate raising children is expensive, decreasing the size of families from the former large to present smaller ones in Europe. Another major influence on low fertility rates is change in some European economies, leaving families uncertain in their future financial situations and the decision one the correct time to have children. Some European countries take matters into their own hands, like China’s government putting strong emphasis on the “One Child Policy ”. This regulates the size of families and prefers male children controlling the sex of children in the society. These changes in equilibrium does not go unnoticed, the fluctuation in the European population has cause its damage, and will continue to if changes does not take place immediately. In the following sections, this paper will explore in detail these challenges and changes to population growth.