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Anecdotally, it was my more risk taking and carefree friends that had kids first. I can see why - with just a little effort it's very easy not to have kids in t

Anecdotally, it was my more risk taking and carefree friends that had kids first. I can see why - with just a little effort it's very easy not to have kids in the modern world, and the cost-benefit analysis for children is pretty bad. What that means for the future of humanity, I don't know.

0xDEAFBEAD 3y ago
It's not necessarily that simple though. Maybe if you have an unplanned child early, you realize that thing about the cost-benefit analysis being bad, stop having kids, and reproduce at below replacement. Here is one paper I found on correlates of reproductive success in the US, from 2005 though: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/48563240/Sex_Status_and_Reproductive_Success_in_t20160904-27587-1hnam22-libre.pdf?1473004332=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DSex_status_and_reproductive_success_in_t.pdf&Expires=1695712199&Signature=AGSiqMiVTw~-gSjBx9LW7CJ8fRfQXZk1DewawtpRQoPn~qSqu0YpMaQu2Rs1p-on6GL26F7QdFdtZ5ESBLogXZf14lRt8DJ7xemKOkpCBq12OXNVWzMDVMga-HDPhN1ahbtkGnQcazHg2UGfugHPcHla0nlm3l2CJg6G0DyFDnmfdrY~UrVzLLXep10QJAIH7uzfqqwYxX-L9zorUsUisJrIjpcU7STYdxffX6QBNQ098G2fsHKQ8TLK4z5pHHT8WKkxjPRNeNTrSuIs5vZRoev8nCr7O~OWRvA1JrahJoz1vNWzFea~-9xE-H2Fnj7A4~9No5YCkBMIqMDzIarzlQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/48563240/Sex_Status_an...