SURVIVAL OF THE FAITHFUL:

"The United States has seen marked declines in childbearing in the wake of the Great Recession," Demographic Intelligence President Sam Sturgeon said in a statement. "But we think that this fertility decline is now over. As the economy rebounds and women have the children they postponed immediately after the Great Recession, we are seeing an uptick in U.S. fertility."

Part of the reason for the turnaround is that religious women are having more babies, the report finds. Women who attend weekly religious services intend to have 2.62 children, while those who rarely or never attend services plan to have 2.1 children.

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