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5 minutes ago, KYHorn said:

The main driver of declining child bearing has changed over the last few decades from "fewer children per couple" to "fewer married couples"

This is a well-established finding that is counterintuitive for most: marriage and coupling rates are declining primarily amount lower educated individuals. A major part of this is likely changes in what women consider marriageable qualities. Related and also usually counter the expectations, those who are more highly educated also have much higher marriage rates (as opposed to broader "coupling"), higher birth rates, lower divorce rates, and attend church much more frequently.

 

I’m sorry, you can throw out whatever statistics you want, but they are in direct conflict with the TRUE bible of facts regarding procreation, the documentary Idiocracy. The stupid must be multiplying faster than the unstupid. 

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15 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

I’m sorry, you can throw out whatever statistics you want, but they are in direct conflict with the TRUE bible of facts regarding procreation, the documentary Idiocracy. The stupid must be multiplying faster than the unstupid. 

With the changes occurring only fairly recently, we haven't yet fully enjoyed the benefits of the smart kids! Or, more likely, we're making the genetically smart children dumber.

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For at least the US, college educated women are becoming a larger percentage of high earners so they don’t need to marry to have a great life, financially speaking. Many do want a spouse/children but there is a problem with that due to a combination of their unrealistic expectations of men and many men failing to meet lower, reasonable expectations.

Add other elements like becoming used to staying home with COVID and declining alcohol rates, and I bet a fair number of younger people don’t even go out at night much to meet others. At least in comparison to what us old folks did in the 80s-00s.

as for declining rates in the rest of the world, no idea.

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I didn't enjoy dating( until I did) 35 years ago.  I joke with the wife if something happened to her, how abruptly some of my future dates would end, because I just flat out don't deal with the bullshit very well.

Both of my DIL's have their Masters degrees and I feel like both sons hit the lottery with educated women with great hearts.  Currently have 2 grandkids from one couple who says they are done.  We'll see... still a glimmer of hope for a 3rd.  The other couple insists they will have zero children and I believe that is their feeling...today.  Holding out hope that it might change, but if not, it's their freaking lives- their choice.

4 people- 2 kiddos would definitely support the trend.

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32 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Add other elements like becoming used to staying home with COVID and declining alcohol rates, and I bet a fair number of younger people don’t even go out at night much to meet others. At least in comparison to what us old folks did in the 80s-00s.

If you're earning $15/hr, you're probably not excited to go pay $60 to go to the movies with a date or $100+ for a dinner with drinks. Shit is more expensive every year and pay is flat. 

The presidential crypto is doing gangbusters though!

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On 1/14/2025 at 6:14 AM, KYHorn said:

The main driver of declining child bearing has changed over the last few decades from "fewer children per couple" to "fewer married couples"

This is a well-established finding that is counterintuitive for most: marriage and coupling rates are declining primarily among lower-educated individuals. A major part of this is likely changes in what women consider marriageable qualities. Related and also usually counter to expectations, those who are more highly educated also have much higher marriage rates (as opposed to broader "coupling"), higher birth rates, lower divorce rates, and attend church much more frequently. So: dumb pagan childless cat ladies and gentlemen.

Some explanations, but it's almost certainly multifactorial.

 

Her charts on couples show almost universally declines from whenever the chart starts and that includes in the 1990s. So I'm calling bullshit on it being because of smartphones.

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