| In wealthier, modern economies: * More women work more and invest in their own education and fewer spend time alone at home as they might in poorer countries which would facilitate giving birth and investing time on childcare that way. * More men and women derive their primary income from work that children cannot easily participate in. EG: office work, work from home computer work, vs farming or working with one's hands. In many poorer countries it is common practice to have more children at least partially to bolster the labor force around the house. * Wealthier nations have better access to family planning: contraception, abortion, pasttimes that can meaningfully compete against getting laid in the first place. Sources:
Colleran, H., Snopkowski, K. Variation in wealth and educational drivers of fertility decline across 45 countries. Popul Ecol 60, 155–169 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-018-0626-5
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10144-018-0626-5 More Work, Fewer Babies: What Does Workism Have to Do with Falling Fertility? - Laurie DeRose and Lyman Stone
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