Chart 4 Rates of Unemployment, Marriage, and Birth 100 thous. persons(live births persons(birth rate); cases(ma 6 3 Tmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 2 a Number of live births Birth rate(per 1,000 population aged 20 to 39) Marriage rate(per 1,000 population aged 20 to 39) Unemployment rate(aged 20 to 39, right scale) Note: For 1975 onward, the birth rate is calculated as the number of live births to mothers aged 20 to 39 divided by the population aged 20 to 39. For 1974 and earlier, the birth rate is calculated as the total number of live births divided by the population aged 20 to 39. The marriage rate is calculated as the total number of marriages divided by the population nged 20 to 39 ources:Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Labour Force Survey", Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare "Vital Statistics Let us take a closer look at this. The birth rate per 1,000 population aged 20 to 39(hereafter birth rate), which previously had been on a declining trend, has been rising since 2005 along with the decline in the unemployment rate The bar graph in the chart illustrates this trend in terms of live births per population (hereafter live births ) Note how, when comparing two age groups with the same birth rate, the number of live births increases for the age group with a greater number of constituents Given that second-generation baby boomers(children of baby boomers born between 1947 and 1949)reached their average marriage age sometime between 1995 and 2000 or, if we take the rise in the average marriage age into account, sometime between 2000 and 2005 the number of live births subsequently would have increased had there been a reversal in the6 Let us take a closer look at this. The birth rate per 1,000 population aged 20 to 39 (hereafter birth rate), which previously had been on a declining trend, has been rising since 2005 along with the decline in the unemployment rate. The bar graph in the chart illustrates this trend in terms of live births per population (hereafter live births). Note how, when comparing two age groups with the same birth rate, the number of live births increases for the age group with a greater number of constituents. Given that second-generation baby boomers (children of baby boomers born between 1947 and 1949) reached their average marriage age sometime between 1995 and 2000 or, if we take the rise in the average marriage age into account, sometime between 2000 and 2005, the number of live births subsequently would have increased had there been a reversal in the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 1968 71 74 77 80 83 86 89 92 95 98 01 04 07 10 13 16 Number of live births Birth rate (per 1,000 population aged 20 to 39) Marriage rate (per 1,000 population aged 20 to 39) Unemployment rate (aged 20 to 39, right scale) 100 thous. persons (live births); persons (birth rate); cases (marriage rate) % Note: For 1975 onward, the birth rate is calculated as the number of live births to mothers aged 20 to 39 divided by the population aged 20 to 39. For 1974 and earlier, the birth rate is calculated as the total number of live births divided by the population aged 20 to 39. The marriage rate is calculated as the total number of marriages divided by the population aged 20 to 39. Sources: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Labour Force Survey"; Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, "Vital Statistics." Chart 4 Rates of Unemployment, Marriage, and Birth