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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ 1 May 2014

    U.S. women are now expected to have 1.89 children over their lifetimes, up from a 25-year-low of 1.87 in 2013.http://on.wsj.com/1iHfy14 

    5:49 PM - 1 May 2014
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      2. Christopher Lee‏ @DJTopherLee 1 May 2014
        Replying to @WSJ

        @WSJ And they get the .89 from where?? Doesn't it make sense to, I don't know.....Round Up? Considering most people don't have .89 of a kid.

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      3. Chris J Hardley‏ @ChrisJHardley 1 May 2014
        Replying to @DJTopherLee

        @DJTopherLee @WSJ it's an average, pal

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      4. Christopher Lee‏ @DJTopherLee 1 May 2014
        Replying to @ChrisJHardley

        @ChrisJHardley @WSJ I know.... Glad someone could sense the sarcasm.... I took my statistics class in college....

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      5. Chris J Hardley‏ @ChrisJHardley 1 May 2014
        Replying to @DJTopherLee

        @DJTopherLee @WSJ they probably should have taught you that! I hope it wasn't expensive! :)

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      6. Christopher Lee‏ @DJTopherLee 1 May 2014
        Replying to @ChrisJHardley

        @ChrisJHardley broke the bank

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      1. Jennifer Little‏ @jenlittle103 1 May 2014
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        “@WSJ: U.S. women are now expected to have 1.89 children over their lifetimes...how exactly do you have .89 of a child?

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      1. Wall Street Examiner‏ @Lee_Adler 1 May 2014
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        @WSJ Yeah. My mom had .87 kids.

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      1. Kelley Creative‏ @allenandkelley 2 May 2014
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        @WSJ That explains a lot about Billy. He's definitely a .87....

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      1. David Graham IV‏ @DG_Four 2 May 2014
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        @WSJ My wife and I have 4 daughters, so we did our part to push up the average.

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      1. kisira wambuzi‏ @kisirawambuzi 2 May 2014
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        @WSJ better that way

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      1. Tracy‏ @NYTupelo7 1 May 2014
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        @WSJ If women are expected to have 1.89 children over their lifetimes, what would a .89 child look like? Which part would be missing? Hmm...

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      1. Shannon Gannon‏ @ShannonGannon 1 May 2014
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        “@WSJ: US women now expected to have 1.89 children up from 1.87 - apparently I live in a demographic blip area-know lots of larger families!

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      1. Heather Wiberg‏ @hdeewiberg 1 May 2014
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        @WSJ how do you have 1.89 children? That's tricky! #wonderwoman

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      1. Nikkii Cummings‏ @DeeMSea 1 May 2014
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        @WSJ almost two kids ...

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      1. AnnBelinda Honablezh‏ @AnnBelindaHonab 1 May 2014
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        @WSJ No woman nor animal is capable of having a child that is 1.89.

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      1. Lady Ro‏ @WhoDatLadyRo 1 May 2014
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        @WSJ how do you have .89 of a child?

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      1. Sharon Dennis‏ @sddphoto 1 May 2014
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        @WSJ what is .89 of a human being?

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      1. GritGlamnGrace‏ @mebeingmel 1 May 2014
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        @WSJ it's going to be difficult to achieve that '.89'. But maybe #science can help us out on the "how". #thingsthatarentdivisible

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