[watwut]

Don't think so. Selfish, "dishonest by default" tend to be attracted into business rather then having large families. Having children costs you practically. Moreover it makes harder to keep stable partner. There might be larger population of impulsive people having kids or people who never had much chance to be fulfilled by job, but "dishonest by default" I would expect more among high management and those have less kids.

[Killes]

Dishonest by default starts with the little things, the tons of white lies people tell themselves and each other day to day, perpetrating falsehoods which become accepted as truth by enough of their social entourage accepting and adopting these lies themselves, reinforcing each other - see immoral actions from organised structures of all kinds, from religious to governmental to simply a local village society...a classic example ostracizing and disowning a woman who had poor sexual education for falling pregnant...the whole village is behind perpetrating the lie that this is the just and moral thing to do...

How else are by example are some religious societies so far from the teachings of the books they venerate ?

I am talking about the human condition all round, not to specific first world cases. Picture countless struggling working poor, right out poor, and yes also more or less financially successful people.

Usually I would venture growing up poor, working poor, or in other forms of struggle imposed by lets say, a corrupt government regime will tend to put many of those people through a nasty time, this is not conducive to bringing the best out of people or letting good sentiments develop.

An effect of the hardship and stress of these life situations beget substance abuse and other psychological problems which get carried on down to the children through traumatic upbringing.

Most large families are by far to be found in struggling communities, for good and bad reasons...