All these arguments assume rational arguments, especially economical, are the most important factors in deciding to make children. I believe that irrational f

All these arguments assume rational arguments, especially economical, are the most important factors in deciding to make children. I believe that irrational factors are easily overlooked but predominant. There is a certain biological drive to raise children, stronger in some people compared to others. And various factors modulate this drive, again unconsciously. Most of the time, in free societies at least, it is the woman who makes most of the decision. If she really wants to have a child, nothing and nobody can stop her, short of a reproductive problem.