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That nativity drop in affluent cultures has already been described by psychologists as a natural effect caused by a combination of the decreased need to produce your own workforce (typically needed in agricultural settings), and the decreased need to produce offspring that will have to take care of their parents in later years. As more affluent people realize that they can hire workers and finance their own retirement, they can afford to have fewer children, and therefore simply choose not to have large families.
(Zits on a Ritz... are we still talking about kids?!?)
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