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Its natural human behavior, that the wealthy middle class people have only few children and invest in their education, while the poor have lots of children, in
by kephra 13y ago
Its natural human behavior, that the wealthy middle class people have only few children and invest in their education, while the poor have lots of children, in the hope two of them survive long enough to feed their parents, once they retire.
The only solution to this problem is fighting poverty, and educating women.
- jk4930 13y ago>natural human behavior, that the wealthy people have only few children It's a socioeconomic phenomenon of the Industrial Age's middle class, the upper class continue to multiply like in the good old times, having 3 to 6 kids is not uncommon.
- kephra 13y agoSorry, thats not limited to industrial age, Ancient Greek, Rome and Babylon had the same problem.
- jk4930 13y agoAncient world: fertility rates are positively correlated with prosperity. (E.g., the Roman Empire's decline of fertility rate at the end is caused by the economic troubles of the dying empire.) Industrial Age: fertility rates (of the middle classes) are negatively correlated with prosperity.