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Mormons and Amish have above replacement fertility rates. Millionaires in western countries also have above replacement fertility rates. To me it seems rather
by grunder_advice 1y ago
Mormons and Amish have above replacement fertility rates. Millionaires in western countries also have above replacement fertility rates.
To me it seems rather obvious: you need both the will and the means to raise 3+ children.
- logicchains 1y agoShouldn't it be the will or the means, not the will and the means, giving how relatively poor the Amish are in financial terms?
- bombcar 1y agoThe Amish have the means because their means are not measured in normal dollar amounts. Most of what they have is traded and transacted outside of the dollar economy. In fact, they may majority be of subsistence in which case the entire dollar value of all of their stuff is simply the land.
- arrowsmith 1y agoI’m not sure it’s about having the “means”, since birth rates were far higher in the past when everybody was much poorer.
- Spivak 1y agoYou can solve the means problem by making everyone wealthier or by lowering everyone's expectations. The problem is that "how much it costs to raise children" is dependent on your environment. One group's normal is another's neglectful parenting. The catch-22 is that the people you presumably want to be having more children— educated working professionals— have some of the highest social standards for child rearing.