The Oregonian on Sunday published a great article about this subject. It was mentioned in the article that education played the biggest role in whether or not people had children, particularly in Europe. The premise being that children interfered with professional development.
This model of Education being the principal factor would also hold through to undeveloped countries, contrary to JDG's proposal that religion is a catalyst for having children in developed countries. JDG's proposal does not fit with Asian growth rates, where at least 50% of the world's population is now, and will be at in the future. Women in less developed countries are having 3.6 children ave. This trend is expected to stay through 2050. While the biggest growth rates will be in South America, which has a lot of Catholics, the majority of the population will be in Asia, which has few Christians comparatively. Does anyone know the position of non-Christian religions on promoting having children? Is it as strong in other religions as it is in most Christian religions? Nerd From Hell _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
