Pro/Anti Child Bearing Policies (split from "Canada don’t matter" thread)

[Halifax Tar]

The problem is that any population needs youth to fill in the blank file when the elderly start to retire and die off.

If we aren't generating that youth ourselves, we have to import them (immigration), and that is a cumbersome practice that may or may not yield results.

The reason our birth rate is plummeting, even in the face of childbearing policies that encourage parents to take time off, is cost of living being exorbitant.

When you have younger generations, who saw their parents raise kids in relative affluence, struggle to afford housing and groceries for themselves and their partner/pets; the thought of adding another mouth to feed is the last thing on their minds.

Add to the fact that societal and familial stigma on being childless has all but disappeared, those who wouldn't want to have kids, aren't.

Isn't there a correlation between affluence and birth rates ?

Meaning the more affluent a group is the less they reproduce ?

Definitely stand to be corrected here.

 

[Eaglelord17]

Isn't there a correlation between affluence and birth rates ?

Meaning the more affluent a group is the less they reproduce ?

Definitely stand to be corrected here.

Generally the more educated and affluent the lower the birth rate.

 

[Blackadder1916]

Generally the more educated and affluent the lower the birth rate.

Some research is indicating that may be changing.

The New Economics of Fertility

People and economies will prosper if policymakers help women combine career and family

www.imf.org

More Babies For the Rich? The Relationship Between Status and Children Is Changing

The rich countries of the world are not reproducing themselves. A total fertility rate (TFR) of 2.1 (the number of children the average woman will have in her lifetime) is considered replacement fertility. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the TFR in the United States...

ifstudies.org