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I’d say the higher birth rates in US are due to religion and poverty. I also wonder how many immigrants continue living like in 2nd/3rd world country.
by ant6n 5y ago
I’d say the higher birth rates in US are due to religion and poverty. I also wonder how many immigrants continue living like in 2nd/3rd world country.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoThe data concurs. When education goes up and religion goes down, fertility rates decline [1]. With regards to immigrants, children of immigrants rapidly align to fertility rates in their host country (at least in the US) [2]. [1] https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-020-8331-7 https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s... [2] https://cis.org/Report/Immigrant-and-NativeBorn-Fertility-2008-2018 https://cis.org/Report/Immigrant-and-NativeBorn-Fertility-20...
- mensetmanusman 5y agoFrom our experience religion seems more important. There is some support for this observation: https://ifstudies.org/blog/how-income-affects-fertility https://ifstudies.org/blog/how-income-affects-fertility
- toomuchtodo 5y agoIt’s important to note the the Institute for Family Studies is pro marriage, pro family, and pro natalist. They advocate for traditional family models and more kids versus less. https://ifstudies.org/about/our-mission https://ifstudies.org/about/our-mission