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The major change relates to the sharp decline in the Irish birth rate. which indicates that couples in Ireland are controlling their fertility to a much ...

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At the outset I would like to share with you some of the pertinent changes which have taken place
in Ireland in recent years. The major change relates to the sharp decline in the Irish birth rate
which indicates that couples in Ireland are controlling their fertility to a much greater extent. The
birth rate fell from 2 1.8 births per 1000 in 1980 to*1 3.5 in 1998. In 1995 the fertility rate was
1.84 which is below the population replacement level of 2.1. The Irish fertility rate has been
below replacement level since 199 1.