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People in Africa and India keep having many kids in atrocious conditions. "Inadequate childcare" and "costly" are not even on the cards when they marry and get
by jojobas 4y ago
People in Africa and India keep having many kids in atrocious conditions. "Inadequate childcare" and "costly" are not even on the cards when they marry and get on with making kids.
The West used to be like that too, but then something changed and living on in your kids took the back seat to premium consumption.
- thriftwy 4y agoIndia has declining birth rate as well and probably below reproduction rate already. People are not stupid. It just takes them some time to adjust. African societies may still be forced to use children as free field labor. The more centralized their agriculture becomes, the fewer children they would need. The most important resource to spend on children is time. Even if you decide to cut on spendings, it does not add any extra time. With both parents employed full time, there's very small wedge to stick children into.
- bergenty 4y agoIndia is below replacement rate (1.9) as of 2019