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Rhoerii to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 24 days ago

More Americans are saying it’s too expensive to have children, and it’s limiting how big families are growing

www.independent.co.uk

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More Americans are saying it’s too expensive to have children, and it’s limiting how big families are growing

www.independent.co.uk

Rhoerii to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 24 days ago
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More Americans say kids are too expensive, limiting family size growth
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Experts warn that even generous government programs may have a limited impact on birth rates
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  • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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    24 days ago

    Not having kids: good choice

    Not being able to afford to live: bad

  • BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz
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    HMMM! MAYBE if we RAISE PRICES while LOWERING WAGES or Firing People that will Convince people to Have Children?

  • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca
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    👫💰💰💰✈️✈️🚗🚗🏠🥂

  • 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Everything I’ve seen indicates a transition to a bimodal distribution of family size. Couples who have kids are having more while there’s an increase in people having none.

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