1.  How will the percentage of children in California's population change between 1970 to 2030?

2.  Describe the 3 factors which have contributed to the decline in the percentage of children in California's population. Be specific.

3.  How is a decline of children going to hurt the economy of California? Be specific.

4.  States in the Northeast and Midwest have lost even more children.  Why will the reduction affect California more than these others?

5.  Why did the number of California's population born elsewhere begin to decline in the 1990's?

6.  How has the number of California's seniors compared to working adults changed from 1970 to 2030?
b)  How will this affect the economy?

7.  Demographer Dowell Myers explained that with more than 90% of the state's children under age 10 born in the state, "the majority of the next generation of workers will have been shaped by California's health and education systems," and says the solution to the declining number of children is to "nurture our human capital."  What do you think of Mr. Myers' proposed solution?