While I don't deny housing costs are a contributing factor in some (many?) cases, the strongest correlate seems to be legal and cultural female equality. I don'

While I don't deny housing costs are a contributing factor in some (many?) cases, the strongest correlate seems to be legal and cultural female equality. I don't mean this judgmentally; it's simply by my crude observation the overwhelming factor. Childbearing requirements and expectations on the female just doesn't seem compatible with post-industrial era career aspirations.