No-Fault Divorce greatly ncreased the risks with having children in marriage because of the increased likelihood of ending up a single parent.
Every additional child makes single parenthood significantly more difficult.
Therefore, the legalization of No-Fault Divorce caused the marital TFR to drop.
However, few married people would explicitly admit that they're having fewer children because of fear of divorce. So they'll give alternative explanations.
Similar to how executives retire early "to spend more time with their family".
It is one strong consideration. Many kids meant many hands for farm work. The most significant factor I think that changed family size is the introduction of birth control. There were natural methods through history, but the Catholic church encouraged nonstop breeding by women. They really were barefoot and pregnant by the stove; their lives were so full of hardship. Women could finally avail of higher education by delaying childbirth. We have 8 billion people on the planet, I don't see any advantage in having 20 billion, particularly in this technological age. I am hearing of so many young people losing their jobs recently because of AI and this is only the beginning.
Consider this alternative hypothesis:
No-Fault Divorce greatly ncreased the risks with having children in marriage because of the increased likelihood of ending up a single parent.
Every additional child makes single parenthood significantly more difficult.
Therefore, the legalization of No-Fault Divorce caused the marital TFR to drop.
However, few married people would explicitly admit that they're having fewer children because of fear of divorce. So they'll give alternative explanations.
Similar to how executives retire early "to spend more time with their family".
In Germany, no fault divorce was created in 1976, so no
It is one strong consideration. Many kids meant many hands for farm work. The most significant factor I think that changed family size is the introduction of birth control. There were natural methods through history, but the Catholic church encouraged nonstop breeding by women. They really were barefoot and pregnant by the stove; their lives were so full of hardship. Women could finally avail of higher education by delaying childbirth. We have 8 billion people on the planet, I don't see any advantage in having 20 billion, particularly in this technological age. I am hearing of so many young people losing their jobs recently because of AI and this is only the beginning.