1. The changing position of women means that they now work so put their career first. In the past womens main life goal was to get married and have children; now their goal is to be educated for a career to support themselves.
2. Individualisation means we care about ourselves more, and this is a reason for the declining birth rate. People want to live a life of their own without having the worries of children.
3. Because of rising divorce rates, having children is a risk. Couples don't want children because they know their chances of divorce are high.
4. The cost of raising a child has gone up, so people think it's too expensive. However, it could be argues that because people are earning more money, there should be more births.
The changes in births mean that fewer schools are needed and new houses being built do not need to be suited to the nuclear family.
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