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Yeah, improvements to quality of life and socioeconomic development lead to lower fertility. Pretty sure this is an Industrial Revolution phenomenon that predat
by Apocryphon 4y ago
Yeah, improvements to quality of life and socioeconomic development lead to lower fertility. Pretty sure this is an Industrial Revolution phenomenon that predates chemical contraception.
- User23 4y agoThere was a moderate downward trend over a couple centuries from around 7 to 4 children per woman. And then in the ‘60s it fell off a cliff[1]. [1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?locations=US https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?location...