63% Of Men Under 30 Are Single
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I have this thought that if the government makes something more expensive, you get less of it. That make sense? Don't kids need to be housed, fed, stuck in expensive car seats until adulthood, given medical care, educated, clothed, groomed and then sexually mutilated? Sounds expensive.RaceBannon said:
Cool story broHHusky said:https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-low-can-americas-birth-rate-go-before-its-a-problem/
Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have accelerated this decline, the drop has been underway for years. The total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman is expected to have over her lifetime — now sits at 1.64 children per woman in the U.S. Not only is this the lowest rate recorded since the government began tracking these stats in the 1930s, but it’s well below the so-called “replacement-level fertility” of about 2.1. -
Gasbag says it's the government that made kids expensive.WestlinnDuck said:
I have this thought that if the government makes something more expensive, you get less of it. That make sense? Don't kids need to be housed, fed, stuck in expensive car seats until adulthood, given medical care, educated, clothed, groomed and then sexually mutilated? Sounds expensive.RaceBannon said:
Cool story broHHusky said:https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-low-can-americas-birth-rate-go-before-its-a-problem/
Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have accelerated this decline, the drop has been underway for years. The total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman is expected to have over her lifetime — now sits at 1.64 children per woman in the U.S. Not only is this the lowest rate recorded since the government began tracking these stats in the 1930s, but it’s well below the so-called “replacement-level fertility” of about 2.1.
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More of that hypothetical MBA fiscal analysis you are known for. I pity your imaginary clients. Back in the old days, kids could make some money to help out the family. Now you get child services called on you. You should look at the inflation adjusted cost of public education since the good old days. Here is a hint, the graph line goes up and not down.HHusky said:
Gasbag says it's the government that made kids expensive.WestlinnDuck said:
I have this thought that if the government makes something more expensive, you get less of it. That make sense? Don't kids need to be housed, fed, stuck in expensive car seats until adulthood, given medical care, educated, clothed, groomed and then sexually mutilated? Sounds expensive.RaceBannon said:
Cool story broHHusky said:https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-low-can-americas-birth-rate-go-before-its-a-problem/
Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have accelerated this decline, the drop has been underway for years. The total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman is expected to have over her lifetime — now sits at 1.64 children per woman in the U.S. Not only is this the lowest rate recorded since the government began tracking these stats in the 1930s, but it’s well below the so-called “replacement-level fertility” of about 2.1.
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I don't buy any of the arguments about costs of raising kids as being the driving factor when deciding to have more or stop at 1. It's much more of a cultural shift and not unique to the US.
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I think it does factor in a bit. The all-in costs of kids includes a bigger house and car. The delay in age of having them is a big part of it too, and part of that is financial.
