tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post112291325614997517..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Making Babies for FranceDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-58268454771256684332010-01-13T21:10:05.027-05:002010-01-13T21:10:05.027-05:00I'm very skeptic of the statistics from your l...I'm very skeptic of the statistics from your last paragraph. They seem to come from a highly polemical site with a strong pro-Israeli anti-Islamic bias. The figure of an overall TFR of 1.85 for France is reasonable but the 1.4 figure for "non-Muslims" (!), only cited as "said to be" in the New York Sun article, is unfounded. Moreover, while ethnic and religious statistics are illegal (or at least unofficial) in France, statistics based on nationality of foreign residents, parents nationality of French nationals, place of birth, of residence, etc..., are widely collected by the French demographics institute (INED, see website www.ined.fr) in order to provide accurate figures. AFAIK most of the ~2 children/women in France still come from "catholiques non-pratiquants",and half of them are now born outside (official) marriage.Yvesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1122930325772469332005-08-01T17:05:00.000-04:002005-08-01T17:05:00.000-04:00Hmmm. Though, I suppose now that you can get more...Hmmm. Though, I suppose now that you can get more back in per child income tax credits, if you make little enough and have enough kids, the government will indeed pay you. It just doesn't seem like much at that point...Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1122924819168530342005-08-01T15:33:00.000-04:002005-08-01T15:33:00.000-04:00Interesting stuff. Another interesting tidbit I l...Interesting stuff. Another interesting tidbit I learned is about S. Korea. The gov't pays families to have more than one child nowadays. My in-laws could have benifitted from that system. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1122918661075503022005-08-01T13:51:00.000-04:002005-08-01T13:51:00.000-04:00One wonders if perhaps the French unemployment rat...One wonders if perhaps the French unemployment rate would fall below 10% if more women chose to stay at home with their children.<BR/><BR/>Source for unemployment figure: (http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=aTe8S2CTgn_I&refer=home)mrsdarwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446744635277205867noreply@blogger.com