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You're missing the economic burden of extra children in modern urbanized settings, along with the rise of women in the workplace which further lowers fertility.
by ghostcluster 9y ago
You're missing the economic burden of extra children in modern urbanized settings, along with the rise of women in the workplace which further lowers fertility.
As far as I can tell, this trend is global in every modern urban setting, some are just further along.
- fvdessen 9y agoThe Muslims in my city seem to have no problem raising large families in a urban environment despite having less financial resources than the other cultural groups, so the explanation cannot be entirely economic. Culture and religion seem to play a very important part
- thriftwy 9y agoThe thing is, in our culture it's no loger cool to dedicate your life to selling doner kebabs. Pur definition of success includes high skills and specialization. That produced the society that attracts immigrants and that can't be reproduced back where they came from. But it also puts high price tag on children.