There's a pattern that occurs when both incomes and quality of life go up; societies move from lots of births and lots of deaths to fewer births and longer life expectancies. The more educated a population is, the more both men and women tend to delay becoming parents and have fewer children overall.
Americans without kids just want to pursue pleasure and drinking all night and going to Beyonce concerts. It's this pursuit of self-pleasure in replace of fulfillment and having a family.
It may be that for many people, absent a clear sense of meaning, the perceived challenges of having children outweigh any subsidy the government might offer.
#desire-for-children #declining-birthrates #societal-factors #education-impact-on-birthrates #meaning-of-life
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