If in Italy women have fewer and fewer children , those in Sardinia mark a real negative record.
On the island, 5.2 children are born per thousand inhabitants , and it is the lowest figure in the world , while the average number of births per mother is 0.99 (nationally 1.25), and it is a phenomenon that gets worse every year in year.
"Culturally, Sardinian women had a higher age at marriage than the rest of the country, because they had to bring a 'trousseau' as a dowry, and it took time to pool the resources - explains Marco Zurru , professor of Sociology at the University of Cagliari -. Today this rule has undergone a transformation but the effect is the same: to enter the job market and build their professionalism they must have a higher education rate, a series of 'achievements' and titles, which they inevitably do. slip or abandon the choice of starting a family ".
The economic motivations and the evaluation of ad hoc services and policies also affect, adds Zurru.
(Unioneonline)
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