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Why do more educated people have fewer kids? (pg. 2)
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by hectorc
Educated people feel their lives have more meaning than just procreating. They usually focus on their goals and then worry about starting a family. |
Good point. Based on what I have read, education also correlates well with a woman's age at the birth of her first child. |
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| trunks1022 |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Uneducated women use kids to collect money from the government. |
and from deadbeat dads |
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| Frenchie |
I summed it up.
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| woscar99 |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
So the uneducated people just never learned how to use birth control? I guess "accidental kids" can account for part of the discrepancy at least... |
This is partly true, at least what I've seen in countries like mine (yes, my hole is worse than yours Mr. Biden, lol). Also, poor, uneducated people have more children because they put them to work at a young age to generate more income to the household. They have the mentality that more children = more money. Sadly, that is not the case. These children go to work instead of being at school (getting education) thus creating a vicious cycle. |
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| inconspicuous |
better educated people have sex less often. less frequent sex = fewer kids (assuming no great difference in birth control, though there may be one). the question, rather, is why educated people have less sex. the answer is they have more demanding jobs, resulting in less free time and more stress.
I heard some study on just that a few months ago. |
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| hectorc |
| Looks like plenty of info that correlates to others posts. I think we covered most of the bases overall :gsmile: |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by inconspicuous
better educated people have sex less often. |
That sounds dubious. Got a link for it? |
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| SkyHigh |
| educated people are educated about contraceptives :rolleyes: |
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| inconspicuous |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
That sounds dubious. Got a link for it? |
no. anybody less lazy feel like finding it? |
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| cmay119 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
I summed it up.
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Yep, I was going to post pretty much exactly what you have said. Higher education usually equates to a career where you have to devote much more time to the position. Having children & raising them requires a lot of devotion of time.
I could see the likely hood of less educated women, being stay-at-home wives/mothers is greater, due to not having a real career to be qualified for. |
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| Direct |
| What does is matter? |
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| SkyHigh |
| quote: | Originally posted by Direct
What does is matter? |
Because white people are dieing out?:( |
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