Couples with more education and a higher socioeconomic status tend to have less children then couples with lower incomes and less education.


Agree or disagree?

Agree. People who make more money tend to focus on their career more than baby making.

Hmmm, I honestly don't know. I can tell you that myself and my close married friends are all 31-32 years of age and have 1-2 kids with no plans of having more than that. We all graduated college, have good jobs and make good livings.

Well..... it's not much of an agree or disagree thing...

But in general, statistics show that to be true. But, of course, there are tons of exceptions to this "rule", if you will.

Quoting The Doctor:" Well..... it's not much of an agree or disagree thing... But in general, statistics show that to be true. But, of course, there are tons of exceptions to this "rule", if you will."

I was reading a journal this morning and every study/poll/survey I have ever supports that statement in the OP, but the author of this article was was trying to make a case that all those statistics are flawed.


I started thinking about our neighborhood, we live in an upper middle class area, where 98% of our neighbors own. Only a few families have 3 or more kids. The few houses that have been rented are all lower income families with 5 kids or so, and then the Baptist ( I think) family that has like 8 or 9.

Quoting A❤T=P+[It's a Girl:" I was reading a journal this morning and every study/poll/survey I have ever supports that statement ... [snip!] ... have been rented are all lower income families with 5 kids or so, and then the Baptist ( I think) family that has like 8 or 9."

Hmm.

Well.... I mean, I'm sure she can make a case for anything. You can swing statistics (and also use anecdotes) to disprove pretty much anything.   haha

In my anecdotal experience, it's usually proven true that higher earners, less kids. But, of course, as always-- I did know a few exceptions. I had a friend in high school with 9 brothers and sisters.

For the most part I agree, My cousin is a doctor and only has one with no intentions of having any more. My baby was in NICU for a long time, when the doctors would say "we want to try this on your baby" I would always ask "Do you have children, would you give it to your child?" Out of the 15 of them, most of them didn't even have children.. I believe 5-6 of them had one or two children and only one had 3, no one had more than 3.

I actually asked my cousin about why she was only having one.. she said they enjoy traveling so much and look forward to the baby being older so they can take him on lots of trips, I guess it's easier to go on vacations and to nice places with only one or two. Makes sense.. People who have lots of money know a different life than poor people. They can afford to do a lot more things to make them happy. The poor can't really "buy happiness" so they make happiness (babies) Also, doctors and other big money makers are very, very busy and probably don't have the time to give children all the attention they need.

We are middle class, we have two and want one more.

**I'm not saying that this is the reason high earners choose to have less children but it is the reason my cousin doesn't have anymore.

Absolutely.

I like to travel and traveling with more than 2 kids is really hard. I find being a family of 4 to be perfect. Not to mention paying for college/cars/etc all things I want to provide for my children.

It makes sense. Couples who are more successful financially tend to value education more highly and it's more likely that they have put off childbearing until after college and perhaps career. It certainly is the reason we currently have zero children and if we do have kids will have only one. My ovaries didn't agree with my life plan.

Quoting A❤T=P+[It's a Girl:" Couples with more education and a higher socioeconomic status tend to have less children then couples with lower incomes and less education. Agree or disagree?"

True. Howvere, i think the trend toward fewer is going away. I see more couples having bigger families now and just not having 2 big careers.

Anybody seen Idiocracy?

<blockquote><b>Quoting SpaceCowgirl:</b>" Anybody seen Idiocracy?"</blockquote>




Haha yeah. A few recent threads have made me think of that movie.

Quoting A❤T=P+[It's a Girl:" Couples with more education and a higher socioeconomic status tend to have less children then couples with lower incomes and less education. Agree or disagree?"

agree.... first... they tend to make wiser decisions... and knowing they'll have to pay daycare.. tend to have fewer kids.

generalization though..

I'm a nurse.. and have 4 kids.

I agree, a teenage mom with no high school education is more likely to have more children than to focus on a career or education. Yep there are exceptions, but this is true for myself, since I've live the story of the teenage uneducated parent with lots of kids. It doesn't mean we don't have the power to change our situations, it's just a statistic. It also doesn't say anything about happiness. My sister in law is a wealthy doctor with no children and she constantly tells me how much she'd love to have my life(all while I'm secretly desiring her kitchen and lovely unstained furniture). The grass is always greener, very few people have it all and those that do, more power to them!