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Beliefs that kill birth rates
- h2odragon 3y agoGood read. > My guess is that if the World Values Survey asked whether “It takes a lot of work to raise a child well”, then we would find an even stronger correlation. I would say there's more. It does take a lot of work to raise a child well, but that labor comes from the child too. In The less fertile societies, the parent is seen as highly responsible for the child and the children's behavior reflects (mostly badly) on the parent. Places where the kids are more people themselves, and seen as more self aware and members of society at a younger age, I think trend towards more fertility. (without any research to back it, just my opinion).