In european countries such as italy, people are delaying childbirth and/or choosing to have no children or only one child. which of the following age structure diagrams illustrates this type of trend?
a. stable population
b. this trend is not depicted in these diagrams
c. decreasing population
d. increasing population

C, decreasing population

Explanation:

Many counties in Europe suffer from low birth rates due to limited number of children being born there. This in turn is due to high cost of living and the difficulty of finding a job. Many families struggle financially and they can afford one child only. Women delay having children because they want to establish themselves in their careers first.

Because of all this above, the demographic trend would be decreasing population, where the number of deaths outnumbers the number of annual births.

Explanation:

The guiding prinicpial is CONSERVING the ways that we have used in the past and trying to keep on the same path we have used previously