It's important to consider social nets. The poor don't have children in China, regardless of the existing Chinese social programs. These programs favor the work

It's important to consider social nets. The poor don't have children in China, regardless of the existing Chinese social programs. These programs favor the working class and penalize children (who produce nothing). The younger poor practice varying degrees of Tang ping (Lying Flat) to survive, with the amenities their peers share, and that doesn't work with children. Interviews with single women in China are largely in Chinese (as you would expect) and the answers were economic related 80% of the time in 2019. No, I don't have a Chinese whitepaper to point to. There's just no evidence to the contrary, since it's been the trend for a number of years. ---- It's also important to consider the pollution. Acid rain, thick soot smog, polluted city water wells, and unbelievably poor food prep/regulation are all commonplace. This has impacted fertility rates across the board, but especially in females. The Chinese population is roughly 1.2:1 male to female, under the current 3-child policy enacted ~2016.