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But what if child mortality is up mainly because of high birth rates? When their religion/culture calls for having as many kids as possible, it causes problems
by genwin 14y ago
But what if child mortality is up mainly because of high birth rates? When their religion/culture calls for having as many kids as possible, it causes problems that lead to high child mortality. It's very difficult to change religion/culture.
- jbrechtel 14y agoThis talk by Hans Rosling makes a pretty reasonable case for decoupling the notion of religion and birth rates. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/hans_rosling_religions_and_babies.html http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/hans_rosling_religions_and_...
- genwin 14y agoDoes he explain away the correlation in Utah? It seemed a safe bet that Utah has the US's highest birth rate, given Mormonism there. A search confirmed it. (Sorry I'm lazy on video sources.)
- jbrechtel 14y agoNo he doesn't mention it from what I recall. The data discussed is broader (and more longitudinal) than that trend. Personally I'd guess the birth rate there is a direct result of the church's push for more children, but I don't really know.