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income correlates with fertility in for example Sweden where the highest income bracket has 2.1 children.
It’s not a linear effect. Once you have enough money to afford family planning it’s more like a level shift.
it is extremely linear (in Sweden)
Maybe in that country, everywhere else in the world increases in prosperity mean fewer children.
Population decline is predicted or currently happening in some poor countries too. It's not a prosperity driven effect. Children don't die young anymore even in poor countries. There's just generally less pressure to spawn your own gang of supporters. Elon excepted I guess.
Every poor country is dramatically wealthier than they were 70 years ago.
Everyone can’t be in the highest income bracket.
reading comprehension
the topic is fertility collapse due to prosperity
the point is, is that actually the core issue?
2.1 is replacement.
Sweden’s over all fertility rate looks to be around 1.8.
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Is 2.1 high or low relative to the rest of Sweden?
again, read what the topic of conversation is