It’s contraceptives. It started dropping as soon as they became widely available, starting in the West, and never stopped. (The norms around family rearing certainly changed as well, in response)
People really like sex. Kids get a more mixed reception.
Contraceptives and easy access to them are definitely a big part of it. The largest factor in birth rates is access to education for women. Higher levels of schooling lead to delayed marriage, later childbearing, and fewer total children.
Yep, and that’s probably through better access to and knowledge of contraception and other kinds of family planning. In really patriarchal societies men don’t have to worry as much about the difficulty of raising a high number children. Or giving birth to them.
Although, at that point it’s speculation, there’s no hard data backing that I’m aware of.
It’s contraceptives. It started dropping as soon as they became widely available, starting in the West, and never stopped. (The norms around family rearing certainly changed as well, in response)
People really like sex. Kids get a more mixed reception.
Contraceptives and easy access to them are definitely a big part of it. The largest factor in birth rates is access to education for women. Higher levels of schooling lead to delayed marriage, later childbearing, and fewer total children.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3449224/
https://wol.iza.org/articles/female-education-and-its-impact-on-fertility/long
Yep, and that’s probably through better access to and knowledge of contraception and other kinds of family planning. In really patriarchal societies men don’t have to worry as much about the difficulty of raising a high number children. Or giving birth to them.
Although, at that point it’s speculation, there’s no hard data backing that I’m aware of.