ELI5- Why do people in poorer countries have more children than those in developed countries?
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Alot if it comes down to sexual education, traditions, public health….things like that. You got to remember than even just 100 years ago we used to keep fairly large families here in the United states too. That was actually kind of common because of higher child mortality rates, and larger families were needed just to assist with family farms and whatever else. Also sex ed wasn’t really a thing back then for us. Theres also been a few social movements too that have aided in us not having as many kids starting in the 60s with the sexual revelation and women getting more rights and more autonomy over our own bodies. And then there are also things like total abortion bans as of recent years that are scaring some women from wanting to have any children at all.
That is all to pretty much say. Those other countries just really haven’t gone through those all of that yet. Will they? Maybe. I guess we will have to see.
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