Just as an example, one research paper a few years back pointed out that the average German woman does more working hours in total than the average American one.

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If the high-fertility nations were to see dramatic declines in Total Fertility Rates (TFRs, the number of children per woman during her reproductive life-time) we would need to see drastic cuts in reproductive rates in at least 40% of all nations and that would have to start today.

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The U.S. replacement total fertility rate was higher than 2.1 children per woman in the 1800s and early 1900s due to childhood mortality.

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The woman who received the first-ever near-total face transplant in the United States told her doctor she has regained her self-confidence, said Dr. Maria Siemionow, head of plastic surgery research at the Cleveland Clinic and leader of the transplant team.

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Singapore's total fertility rate, which represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years, has been below the population replacement rate for more than three decades.

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Lord Singh, head of the Network of Sikh Organisations, said that while "Sikhism teaches total respect for other ways of life", marriage means the union between a man and woman and they believe that civil partnerships give gays and lesbian all the rights they need.

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Singapore's total fertility rate of 1.2, which represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years, has been below the population replacement rate for more than three decades.

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