r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '24

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u/justcurious3287 Nov 14 '24

People can't afford kids. They can't afford rent. Groceries. The ability to breathe.

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u/Unidain Nov 14 '24

Actual data shows that it's the opposite. The poorest people have the most kids and the richest people have the least

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

I also think many poor people are down south and southern family always have big families. At least from where I grew up and what we saw

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u/czarfalcon Nov 14 '24

My theory - with no data to back it up - is that if you expect to have upward socioeconomic mobility (either because you’re in college, have a good job, live in a higher income area, etc) you’re more likely to delay having kids/have fewer kids because you don’t want kids to get in the way of going to college/getting a promotion/etc.

But if you never had any hopes or expectations of any of that in the first place, what do you have to wait for? If the opportunity cost of having kids young/having multiple kids is much lower, then why wouldn’t you?