Great comment. > Only if the mothers in aggregate truly believe that their children will have good lives, then will they have them. I’m not sure I agree with

Great comment. > Only if the mothers in aggregate truly believe that their children will have good lives, then will they have them. I’m not sure I agree with this. Families were huge at times when child mortality was high and the death rate to mothers from giving birth was shocking. Sub-Saharan Africa has a high birth rate, and I don’t think that quality of life is what’s driving that.