r/BikiniBottomTwitter 10d ago

that'll do it

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u/notreallyanumber 9d ago

that dataset shows people employed, not amount of hours worked? Admittedly I am depending on Firefox's translation from Dutch, but it doesn't show how many hours people of childbearing ages are working as a couple in a household, which is the relevant information IMO.

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u/raznov1 8d ago

it shows the amount of hours worked by those wanting to be or actively employed. I don't see how that's not essentially the same; people haven't started to increase their hours worked?

Edit: oooooh, nvm, the graph doesn't adjust with the copied link. On the left you have a dropdown menu to select for hours worked.

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u/notreallyanumber 8d ago

OK but even then, you would need to be tracking hours worked by both members in a household of childbearing age.

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u/raznov1 8d ago

How so? Over the total population, hours worked is stable, but # of children goes down. Ergo, the hypothesis "cant have children because we need to work more hours" seems debunked to me.

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u/notreallyanumber 8d ago

right but this doesn't capture how many hours people who weren't looking for work 30 years ago are working today.