RE: Worldwide Decline in Birth Rates
November 9, 2018 at 8:11 am
(This post was last modified: November 9, 2018 at 8:13 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Due to offsets in fertility, and increased survival rates, yeah. These studies (and this is just another study in a long line of studies that have shown the same thing over and over again) aren't "misleading crap" they help us to define and describe the causes of our population growth (and decline).
The long and short is this - populations in underdeveloped areas breed to exploit those areas (and, to an extent, because there just isn't much else to do..lelz). Populations in developed areas have no need to do so, and gain nothing by increased breeding. We spontaneously self control, and the number of kids we actually have is almost entirely determined by how many we want. So, while it may seem counterintuitive, handing out condoms in africa..for example..doesn't actually produce the sort of effect we might desire. It's a good idea, it slows the spread of infection (which increases survival rates.........which contributes to pop growth) - but if we really wanted to axe pop growth globally..we would pour money into the development of third world countries and accept every immigrant flooding in to first world countries.
This works on two noted trends. The profoundly low fertility rates in developed nations (and thus the need for immigrant labor, lol)...and the tendency of immigrants to naturalize with respect to their new home (even down to fertility rates) within a few generations at most.
Employment, the data suggests..is the most effective form of population control, lol.
The long and short is this - populations in underdeveloped areas breed to exploit those areas (and, to an extent, because there just isn't much else to do..lelz). Populations in developed areas have no need to do so, and gain nothing by increased breeding. We spontaneously self control, and the number of kids we actually have is almost entirely determined by how many we want. So, while it may seem counterintuitive, handing out condoms in africa..for example..doesn't actually produce the sort of effect we might desire. It's a good idea, it slows the spread of infection (which increases survival rates.........which contributes to pop growth) - but if we really wanted to axe pop growth globally..we would pour money into the development of third world countries and accept every immigrant flooding in to first world countries.
This works on two noted trends. The profoundly low fertility rates in developed nations (and thus the need for immigrant labor, lol)...and the tendency of immigrants to naturalize with respect to their new home (even down to fertility rates) within a few generations at most.
Employment, the data suggests..is the most effective form of population control, lol.
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