澳大利亚在九年中创下出生率最高记录(1/3)

Australia has recorded its highest annual birth rate in nine years, with indications that couples are encouraged by low unemployment and economic stability to have babies. Population figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released over the Easter break showed there were 133,000 births in the six months to September 2004, the highest half-year total since 1990. Over the full year to September there were about 255,100 births, the highest annual total in nine years, giving a fertility rate, or number of births per woman, of 1.773 for 2003-2004.

澳大利亚在九年中创下出生率最高记录，有迹象表明政府鼓励低失业率，经济稳定的夫妻生孩子。 来自澳大利亚人口数据统计局在复活节公布的数据显示直到2004年九月，前六个月有133000新生儿诞生——这是自从1990年以来半年内最高的新生儿数。 截至九月前的一整年，有255100新增人口，这也是九年中最多的一年。从2003年到2004，每个女性的生育率，或者说生育次数有1.773次。