Factors for a decreasing birth rate

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  • Factors for decreasing Birth rate
    • Change in the position of women in society
      • Better and equal education
        • Better careers
          • More women pursue careers than children, or have children later in life.
        • Knowledge of and access to reliable contraception
      • Emancipation of women
        • Women no longer pressured by society to marry and have children.
    • Decline in infant mortality rate
      • Why?
        • Better health care
        • Better living conditions
        • Better hygiene
      • Fewer infants die, so fewer are born to replace the dead ones.
    • Children now an economic liability
      • Children used to be able to go out to work at a young age, bring in income for the family
        • Children were an economic asset, so people used to have many as an source of income
      • Now, children have to educated until 18, which costs money. also have to fed, clothed, sheltered.
        • People have fewer children because they cost too much.
    • More/Over-protection of children
      • Children require far more time and effort for physical and emotional care
        • More effort=people have fewer children
    • Concequences
      • Dependency ratio
        • short term
          • Less children = Fewer dependents who need education, healthcare from the state and therefore taxpayers.
        • Long term
          • Fewer young people working to support dependents, burden on state therefore increases.
      • Public services and policies
        • Less schools or smaller class sizes.
        • Smaller homes built to reflect family sizes.
      • Enviromental
        • Fewer people using up planets natural resources, space and contributing to global warming

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