Re: FN-FORUM: OT - anyone watch Questiontime last night

date posted 10th June 2005 18:19

On 10 Jun 2005 17:30:20 -0000, Marc Wilson [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Erm- confusion of cause and effect, I believe. They want large families =
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> that they have lots of workers for their land; mostly they are still doin=
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> subsistence agriculture. The best ways to reduce family sizes are:
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> 1) Increase the status of women. Once women have the economic and social
> clout to refuse to be brood mares, the average family size plummets.
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> 2) Increase prosperity. Once people get a taste of prosperity, they
> realise that having lots if kids is not such a grand idea.
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Excellent points - there is a strong correlation between increases in
income and education with falls in birth rates.

This necessitates fairer trade and massive improvements in healthcare
and schooling

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