>So exact opposite happened to what you predict. No, it actually proves me right. The increase in job opportunities, which women definitely took advantage of,

>So exact opposite happened to what you predict. No, it actually proves me right. The increase in job opportunities, which women definitely took advantage of, and adoption of modern western lifestyle is what made the birth rates plummet. Since you mentioned former Soviet Union countries, Hungary implemented [1] new measures to give the people the necessary conditions to have kids. All the news articles I can find are from 2019, so it will take a while until we can decide if they had success or not: [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47192612 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47192612