The recession is making Scots too scared to have children, the country's leading population expert has warned.
Whilst the recession has had little impact on the rest of the UK in relation to births and marriages - with England in fact experiencing a slight increase in births, in Scotland there has been a dramatic fall in numbers.
The birth rate in Scotland increased between 2007 and 2008 but has dropped off sharply this year, the figures showed.
The number of marriages also fell, with the recession again blamed.
It is thought that people are delaying having children until they see what way the economy is going. There is so much uncertainty over things like interest rates and jobs that some people are deciding now is not the time to have children.
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