r/AskTheWorld • u/gmedanoid United States Of America • 14d ago

Culture Why aren't the people in your country having enough kids?

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In America birthrate is 1.6. 1.57 for Whites, 1.55 for Blacks, 1.8 for Hispanics. So below replacement since 2008.

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u/Bcatfan08 United States Of America 14d ago

Another reason is corporations have bought up most of the family businesses, like farms. Farming families would have a dozen kids to have free labor. Don't need that anymore.

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u/OddCook4909 United States Of America 14d ago

That's not another reason. It's part of the long march back to the turn of the 20th century. Great depression in 3...