And yet fertility rates had another strong step down around that time. One conjecture could be that fewer young women with children is correlated with higher r

And yet fertility rates had another strong step down around that time. One conjecture could be that fewer young women with children is correlated with higher rates of diagnosis of mental illness. And if I know I had mental illness, I'd be scared shitless to let it known on the record I had a disorder that a CPS worker or family courts could use against me -- without a child those concerns are lessened. I can also attest having a child means you have way less time for your own personal care, which means perhaps these women now have more time for their own care.