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Perhaps there's some truth to what you say if we consider couples who choose not to have kids at all. However, I think the cases that choose to have just one or
by kovac 6y ago
Perhaps there's some truth to what you say if we consider couples who choose not to have kids at all. However, I think the cases that choose to have just one or two children are more common than those who choose not to have kids at all. I think financial situation better explains why people would stop at one kid rather than 3.
- rayiner 6y agoRight: https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FT_15.05.05_children.png https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FT_15.... The vast majority of women (90% in 1976, 86% in 2013) have at least one child. But the lifetime number of births has fallen from 3.1 in 1976 to 2.1 in 2013. This reflects changes in the perceived optimal family size: https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FT_15.05.05_children.png https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FT_15...