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by toomuchtodo 2187 days ago
The citations are recent and pre COVID (2013, 2014, 2018, 2019).

I agree that educated, empowered women delay having children and have less children overall. Yet, the data shows income plays a part as well. Economic insecurity acts as an arrestor on the fertility rate (rightfully so), and economic security increases the fertility rate.