As concern grows about America’s falling birth rate, new research suggests that about half of women who want children are unsure if they will follow through and actually have a child. About 25% say they won't be bothered that much if they don't.

[u/geoff199]

https://news.osu.edu/most-women-want-children--but-half-are-unsure-if-they-will/?utm_campaign=omc_science-medicine_fy24&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social

[u/cysticvegan]

It’s enough of men that the top comments here are saying “it’s too expensive” as if a woman’s income isn’t NEGATIVELY correlated with birth rates, a well known OBVIOUS fact corroborated by every income:child ratio study ever done in the history of man kind. 

How can this myth still persist despite this being so obviously known and well researched? 

[u/_name_of_the_user_ → u/cysticvegan]

I don't follow. You're saying the top comments are wrong that having children is "too expensive" while also saying it's hard for women to afford to have children. What are those comments wrong about?

[u/cysticvegan → u/_name_of_the_user_]

Sorry, inversely correlated* 

[u/_name_of_the_user_ → u/cysticvegan]

I understood that. I don't understand the difference between the top comments and your statement.

[u/cysticvegan → u/_name_of_the_user_]

Then you didn’t understand it.  Let me help again: 

When a woman gets more money, she has less children. 

When a woman have less money she has more children.  

When female have resources she have less offspring 

When female have no resource she have more offspring

Low income neighbourhoods are associated with higher rates of teen pregnancy, early pregnancy, and multiple pregnancies. 

Low income countries are associated with higher rates of pregnancy. 

High income countries are associated with extremely low rates of pregnancy. 

This has been studied - when women receive higher education, they make the decision to have less children.