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I am all for preventing teen pregnancy, but the data sounds more like young people can't afford having children so they are waiting longer.
by Vanclief 2y ago
I am all for preventing teen pregnancy, but the data sounds more like young people can't afford having children so they are waiting longer.
- jerojero 2y agoIt's not just that young people can't afford to have babies is that women in the 20-29 range are either studying or entering the work force. These are extremely important years for career building. It's more about the fact that young women are choose to build their education and career (like men do) rather than have children.
- Neeek 2y agoThey couldn't "back then" either, I would argue.
- vanviegen 2y ago"back then" a family could live on a single income.
- StackRanker3000 2y agoSome people could. There was also a lot more abject poverty.
- gonzo 2y agoThey had to. Outside a few vocations, women weren’t allowed to work.
- account42 2y agoAnd now they have to work because a single income is no longer enough. Yay for progress.
- xvector 2y agoCommon misconception. Poverty levels were far higher. In 1950 half the global population lived in abject poverty. Today, it's less than 10%. https://ourworldindata.org/poverty https://ourworldindata.org/poverty
- camgunz 2y agoThis was largely for relatively privileged people. Most families the mother worked as a teacher, nurse, domestic, secretary, nanny, etc.
- gibolt 2y agoWorking a minimum wage could buy a starter home "back then". It now can hardly pay rent, and starter homes essentially no longer exist, even if someone wanted one.