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https://www.statista.com/statistics/241530/birth-rate-by-family-income-in-the-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/241530/birth-rate-by-fam... Seems like th
by twalla 5y ago
https://www.statista.com/statistics/241530/birth-rate-by-family-income-in-the-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/241530/birth-rate-by-fam...
Seems like that may not be the case. Anecdotally - my peers are 25-40 and are mostly in the top bracket. The only ones having kids also have the lowest incomes (probably sub 100k household income), which is sort of puzzling to me. I don't want children but if I did the amount of anxiety I have around having the financial rug pulled on me from basically just living through the past 15 years of bullshit makes me feel like the only way I'd even consider it is if I had enough capital to provide for myself, my partner and any child on interest alone.
- swiley 5y agoOne explanation is that your friend's collective financial situation is so dire that only the most irresponsible couple would have children.
- twalla 5y agoI think it's a combination of all the high earners in the peer group either not wanting children (100 percent of my high earning single female peers) or wanting children but being unable to afford to raise them in the HCOL areas where they live (maybe 10-20 percent of the couples and single male peers). I wouldn't frame anyone's financial situation as dire, it's more that having a kid would result in a dramatic reduction in QoL or it's just a straight up idealogical nonstarter. The couple interested in having children have made major quality of life sacrifices (think moving to a cheaper city and still having 2 hour commutes) and also come from more conservative families. I can't help but think at least some of this is pressure from family and also friends/family back home having (multiple) children starting in their early 20s.