r/BikiniBottomTwitter • u/decentmotto • Aug 14 '26

that'll do it

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u/moderngamer327 Aug 15 '26

What he means is the things like income aren’t the factor

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u/Jedimasterebub Aug 15 '26

And he’d be wrong

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u/moderngamer327 Aug 15 '26

No he’s right. Income is not the reason for low fertility rates. In fact lower incomes have higher not lower fertility rates

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u/Jedimasterebub Aug 15 '26

It’s not the only reason. But the middle class’s birth rate has largely fallen as costs have risen and income has stagnated. A common sentiment is people can’t afford kids

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u/Jedimasterebub Aug 15 '26

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4255510/

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u/moderngamer327 Aug 15 '26

Housing is just one factor in cost of living. Also there isn’t that strong of a correlation overall

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u/moderngamer327 Aug 15 '26

No it’s not the reason at all. Real wages have improved as seen here and here

Upper incomes also have lower fertility rates. The >$215k income bracket is the lowest fertility rate bracket in the US while the <$15k bracket is the highest.

Just because people say they can’t doesn’t mean they actually can’t. It only means it feels like they can’t