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Fertility rate drops to new record low: CDC (thehill.com)
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[–] Mondez@lemdro.id 2 points 3 months ago

I believe you are miss reading the correlation, having more children isn't making people poorer, it's part of a more complicated cycle of poverty that involves lower levels of education and attainment which leads to poorer income and poorer fertility planning. The strongest correlation is with female education levels.