poor people have more children, on average. How long has this been true?

Question

Did medieval peasants have more children on average than royalty? Or is this a modern phenomenon?

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Answer 1

It’s also one of the oddest quirks of humanity I think. When times are bad, when poverty is unbearable, and survivability is in question…. What do humans do, have more kids……

You still see that occurring in lesser developed countries today.