"United States had an additional 80,000 births between 2021 and 2025 when the pandemic shut down offices and ushered in a new age of remote and hybrid work schedules."
"According to a new study, [data] suggests a positive relationship between the recent trend of remote work and having kids,"
"couples who work from home, even just one day a week, are more likely to conceive and more likely to plan to have children in the future than those who commute to the office five days a week."
Remote and hybrid work increased flexibility for families and correlated with higher conception rates. The United States had an additional 80,000 births between 2021 and 2025 amid pandemic-era office shutdowns and the rise of remote schedules. Data suggests a positive relationship between remote work and having children. Couples who work from home, even one day weekly, are more likely to conceive and to plan future children than couples commuting five days a week. Lighthearted commentary attributed some of the increase to greater opportunities for intimacy during work-from-home schedules.
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