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We (U.S.) grow by immigration,too. I suppose the wealthier people are, the less children they want to have. More wealth mostly means less traditions etc. Why are Africa and other poor nations plagued by high birthrates?
Besides, the Brits in the U.K. forum are lamenting that there's too many people. Sounds like the U.K. is almost full.
We (U.S.) grow by immigration,too. I suppose the wealthier people are, the less children they want to have. More wealth mostly means less traditions etc. Why are Africa and other poor nations plagued by high birthrates?
Besides, the Brits in the U.K. forum are lamenting that there's too many people. Sounds like the U.K. is almost full.
Yes, but those "too many people" that flooded their country are not Brits, really.
So looking at BRITS birth rates, back to the question...
We (U.S.) grow by immigration,too. I suppose the wealthier people are, the less children they want to have. More wealth mostly means less traditions etc. Why are Africa and other poor nations plagued by high birthrates?
Besides, the Brits in the U.K. forum are lamenting that there's too many people. Sounds like the U.K. is almost full.
Well that theory does not quite expand to the eastern europe which is also experiencing very low birthrates (especially very poor countries).
Feminism. There's pretty good correlation between countries that emphasize women in the workplace with low birthrates, and those countries where women retain their traditional role of homemaking.
Its not a complicated concept. Expect women to devote their lives to work and reproduction and raising children takes a back seat. Feminism (or at least 1960s on feminism) has a lot to answer for - Instead of making countries twice as rich with twice the workforce, is has simply doubled prices for things. Whereas once you could buy/finance an average house on a single head of household salary, now it requires both the man and woman to be in full time work to pay off the mortgage, for example.
Feminism. There's pretty good correlation between countries that emphasize women in the workplace with low birthrates, and those countries where women retain their traditional role of homemaking.
Not really. Look at Japan where there is more of a traditioal role for women. Same with Korea.
Countries that are thought to be rather liberal, feminist, "socialist" like Sweden or Norway tend to have higher birth rates than countries like Italy or Spain where many people are strongly catholic.
I think there is a pretty good correlation between wealth of a nation and birth rate. All first world countries experience low birth rates. Availability of contraceptives, feminism as well, careers, no need of big families as a safety net... all that and more has to be taken into account.
Anyway, i wouldnt call it 'plaugued' by low birth rates. I for one, dont want population growth.
You need population growth. The way our societies are set up, the young take care of the old. If you only have one young person for every two old people you are looking at a national financial disaster.
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