Direct correlation of female workforce participation and poverty shows no trend: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/female-labor-force-participation-rates-by-na

Direct correlation of female workforce participation and poverty shows no trend: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/female-labor-force-participation-rates-by-national-per-capita-income?tab=chart&stackMode=absolute&minPopulationFilter=1000000&country=&region=World https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/female-labor-force-partic... The macro trend of poverty <> birth rates points in the opposite direction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_and_fertility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_and_fertility Data points on the very poor end are all over the place, though. The high workforce participation -> low birth rate correlation is definitely visible over time: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/fertility-and-female-labor-force-participation?tab=chart&time=1960..latest&country=&region=World https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/fertility-and-female-labo...