This is definitely part (but not all) of it. Even in the 60's and 70's when housing was cheapest here fertility was dropping. Much of Europe were seeing significant declines in fertility before WW1 (which caused a mini baby boom afterwards) and this was before the welfare state.
As the Roman empire matured the same thing happened. It really seems like this is an unsolvable consequence of society... Working the way people want it to.
Interesting thank you.
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It is quite interesting that in the seemingly most stressful and dangerous parts of the world the fertility rate is so much higher. Almost like the natural imperative to reproduce goes into hyperdrive.
Meanwhile where life is easy and convenience is everything, raising kids becomes a "hard" thing to do. Obviously there are tons of other factors like environmental toxicity, worldview (that theres no point since the world is ending or so terrible), and a general lack of long term 7th generational thinking
To go back to the original question of the post- most of the dogs I see in strollers are older ladies who's kids either grew up or they never had them
Low educational attainment and ADHD are associated with higher TFR so I doubt it's about long term thinking.
If you take a look at the following thread on global happiness (though it's noteworthy that the correct term might be contentment or accomplishment) it's notable that in every region the happiest country is lower TFR than the saddest country. Also worth noting from the replies that the full list is dominated at the top by countries with the highest per capita antidepressant prescriptions.
