The Observatory of Human Development and Vulnerability at the Universidad Austral warns that births in Argentine families have fallen 40 percent since 2014. This is one of the sharpest declines in Latin America.

This turn down explains why 57 percent of Argentine families today have no children under the age of 18, compared to 44 percent in 1991.

These figures show that the country is experiencing a change in its demographic structure due to the increase in the elderly population and the rise in single women heading the household, among other factors.

A study by the Universidad Austral lists several factors, including changes in family dynamics: an increase in childless, single-person, and single-parent households, in addition to the delay in childbearing, as women choose to have children at later ages.

It also points at the increased control that women have over their reproductive lives and a decline in adolescent fertility.

Economic and social factors are also relevant; the economic situation and difficulties in balancing work and life can influence family planning decisions.

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