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Thought provoking answer! I'm not OP, but I always wondered: how do nations coming out of poverty (with high birth rates as part of life or tradition) cultural
by lobotryas 14y ago
Thought provoking answer!
I'm not OP, but I always wondered: how do nations coming out of poverty (with high birth rates as part of life or tradition) culturally transition to a nation where low birth rates are the norm?
The scenario I'm thinking of is a nation that beats poverty and improves standard of living, but falls back into it because the population refuses to adapt and decrease the number of births.
- ehsanu1 14y agoThe lowering of birthrates doesn't seem to usually be a result of forcing oneself to adapt. You may be thinking of China's stance on having a single child, but in most countries where populations have plateaued and birth rates have gone down, it just happened naturally. Nobody "refuses" or tries to adapt. It simply happens, as a result of socio-economic pressures, and is probably inevitable without some strong external influence.
- genwin 14y agoI think it would be almost impossible for their culture to change. One way might be for the first world to pay monthly stipends to families that have no more than 2 kids. Then taper it off over many decades.