Expert group meeting on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility

NKOSHY — Mon, 03 May 2021 14:20:00 +0000

Monday, 10 May 2021 - 9:30pm to Tuesday, 11 May 2021 - 6:30pm

Overview

The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs is organizing an expert meeting on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 10 and 11 May 2021.

The purpose of the meeting is: (a) to review experiences from past public health and economic crises and identify mechanisms through which the COVID-19 pandemic may affect fertility in various parts of the world; (b) to assess recent data on marriage and union formation, fertility preferences, use of family planning, and reported numbers of births from selected countries with a view to assess the possible impact of the pandemic on fertility; and (c) to provide recommendations for the Division to develop assumptions on the impact of the pandemic on fertility levels and trends at the global, regional and subregional levels in the short to medium term in support of the official United Nations population estimates and projections that are currently being revised and updated by the Division.

To facilitate the discussion, the Population Division has designed a short questionnaire to collect expert views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility. The results will be discussed in the last session of the meeting and will be used to inform the forthcoming revision of the World Population Prospects.