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<blockquote data-quote="59 Dano" data-source="post: 5745129" data-attributes="member: 23516"><p>And the rabbit hole grows deeper! I'm sure the idea of Ma and Pa sitting at the table and deciding to have 8 kids because they need 6 and 2 will probably die is appealing to you, but no. That's not how it worked. </p><p></p><p>People had big families then because "then," there were fewer forms of birth control, access to that birth control was limited, the birth control itself wasn't that reliable, abortion was all but non-existent, and on and on we can go. In the social realm, the use of birth control was frowned upon and often illegal.</p><p></p><p>Practically any and every study of demographic shifts finds, to some degree and in every culture, the same trends. Namely that birth rates decline when there is a significant influx of women into the workforce; as education rates of parents rise; with the availability of birth control. The size of the average US family peaked around 1920. Guess which three things were taking shape around that time? Why, it was the increase in women entering the workforce, the emergence of better educated parents (result of compulsory education laws in most parts of the country), and the legalization and greater availability of birth control!!</p><p></p><p>WHO KNEW?</p><p></p><p></p><p>I like how you tell us how your great-grandfather died at the age of 27, then said people weren't dying by 62. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Healthy people tend to live longer. Thanks for pointing that out.</p><p></p><p></p><p>OMG YOU FINALLY QUOTED ME CORRECTLY!!!! </p><p></p><p>Here's how I know that's true: we can look at the numbers and see for ourselves. Old people as a percentage of the population was low. Mortality rates for every adult age bracket were significantly higher than they are now. This leads to an amazing revelation: it's hard to be an old man who has struggled with poverty for years when you die at 54.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for playing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="59 Dano, post: 5745129, member: 23516"] And the rabbit hole grows deeper! I'm sure the idea of Ma and Pa sitting at the table and deciding to have 8 kids because they need 6 and 2 will probably die is appealing to you, but no. That's not how it worked. People had big families then because "then," there were fewer forms of birth control, access to that birth control was limited, the birth control itself wasn't that reliable, abortion was all but non-existent, and on and on we can go. In the social realm, the use of birth control was frowned upon and often illegal. Practically any and every study of demographic shifts finds, to some degree and in every culture, the same trends. Namely that birth rates decline when there is a significant influx of women into the workforce; as education rates of parents rise; with the availability of birth control. The size of the average US family peaked around 1920. Guess which three things were taking shape around that time? Why, it was the increase in women entering the workforce, the emergence of better educated parents (result of compulsory education laws in most parts of the country), and the legalization and greater availability of birth control!! WHO KNEW? I like how you tell us how your great-grandfather died at the age of 27, then said people weren't dying by 62. Healthy people tend to live longer. Thanks for pointing that out. OMG YOU FINALLY QUOTED ME CORRECTLY!!!! Here's how I know that's true: we can look at the numbers and see for ourselves. Old people as a percentage of the population was low. Mortality rates for every adult age bracket were significantly higher than they are now. This leads to an amazing revelation: it's hard to be an old man who has struggled with poverty for years when you die at 54. Thanks for playing. [/QUOTE]
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