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=**World War II baby boom**= In May 1951; the term "boom" to refer to the phenomenon of increased births in post war America. When the war ended in 1945, millions of veterans returned home and were forced to integrate to help the integration process.

The family size increased sharply throughout the baby boom: the average woman bore 3.09 children in 1950 which increased to 3.65 children per family in 1960. Most couples became pregnant with their first child within 7 months of their wedding; between 1940 to 1960, the number of families with three children doubled and the number of families having a fourth child quadrupled.



The baby-boom years were also marked by an expending economy,increased educational opportunities,and population shifts to the growing suburbs. The baby-boom ended in the late 1960s and by the 1970s America's birthrate had declined to 1930s levels.



I don’t consider myself to be a Baby Boomer. The “Baby Boom generation” in America refers to those folks born from 1946 – 1964, mostly to parents who experienced World War II.



The oldest “Boomers” are now 65. Although they [|do not want to be considered old].

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