Not with climate change looming. I have all the money I need still won’t get kids.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Economically stable people who feel safe in their society choose to have children.
China has not been sharing youth unemployment numbers for a year now, after they started approaching 20% unemployment for the 18-30 age range.
clucose@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
IMALlama@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This logically makes sense, and may have even been something that you’ve experienced yours either directly or second hand via friends/family, but it’s not present in the data.
There’s a very strong negative correlation between education and income vs birth rate. As people make more money and/or attain higher levels of education they have fewer kids. My theory is that this is due to a combination of reliance on direct family for labor on a homestead/farmstead, sex ed, and access to contraceptives. Kids are also a large time/emotional/financial commitment and with our modern emphasis on “self sufficency” this places a heavy burden on parents. Some countries have tried softening this blow, but it hasn’t changed their birthday trend.
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