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Neonatalism

Definition

Neonatalism is a policy or attitude that encourages child-bearing and increases in population. It's often promoted by governments to counteract declining birth rates.

Related terms

Pro-natalist Policies: These are strategies implemented by the government to encourage people to have more children. They can include financial incentives, parental leave policies, and childcare support.

Demographic Transition Model: This is a model that explains the transformation of countries from having high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as they develop from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system.

Population Pyramid: A graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population, which forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.

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