Lotta things here but poor families are often religious which tells them to have as many babies as possible, lower to no access to birth control and health care, and low paying jobs mean more hands working can provide a little more. People with means and availability typically have less children.
But also in major capitalist countries people work so god damned much they dont want or have time for kids
Religion has essentially no bearingon births per woman. Religious societies like Ukraine have some of the lowest birth rates, while secular countries like Finland have higher rates.
It’s almost a perfect inverse linear correlation between GDP/capita and births/woman. The only outlier is Israel, which is a highly polarized society with high levels of child poverty.
When child mortality goes down, births go down too. That means that basic nutrition, vaccines, and basic neonatal health care are responsible for the bulk of nativity reduction. The rest can be attributed to access to contraceptives, compulsary education and women in the workforce.
Lotta things here but poor families are often religious which tells them to have as many babies as possible, lower to no access to birth control and health care, and low paying jobs mean more hands working can provide a little more. People with means and availability typically have less children.
But also in major capitalist countries people work so god damned much they dont want or have time for kids
Religion has essentially no bearingon births per woman. Religious societies like Ukraine have some of the lowest birth rates, while secular countries like Finland have higher rates.
It’s almost a perfect inverse linear correlation between GDP/capita and births/woman. The only outlier is Israel, which is a highly polarized society with high levels of child poverty.
When child mortality goes down, births go down too. That means that basic nutrition, vaccines, and basic neonatal health care are responsible for the bulk of nativity reduction. The rest can be attributed to access to contraceptives, compulsary education and women in the workforce.
There are millions of catholic people who think birth control is evil…
And yet, Catholic countries have some of the lowest birth rates. Go figure.