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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you all are missing the point that American society is not kid friendly. Instead of encouraging people to have more kids, we either need to discourage [b]the poor from having so many kids [/b]or make life easier on families. Or both. 
-school day could match work days
-public preschool
-12 weeks of paid maternity leave, or at least 6 weeks.[/quote]

The poor are not actually having "so many kids". In 2010, the average number of children per woman among women aged 40-44 with less than a high school education was about 2.7.

http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/02/lets-not-panic-over-women-with-more-education-having-fewer-kids/273070/[/quote]

2.7 kids is hella higher than women with graduate degrees, though.[/quote]

Not necessarily. The denominator is per 1,000 women aged 40-44 with a given level of education -- not per 1,000 women aged 40-44 with a given level of education [i]who had children[/i]. I don't know the exact numbers, but the percent of women aged 40-44 who had children is higher for women with less than a high school education (probably close to 100%) than for women with graduate degrees (much less than 100%). The average number of children per 1,000 women among aged 40-44 with graduate degrees [i]who have children [/i]would be higher than the number of children per 1,000 women aged 40-44 with graduate degrees.[/quote]

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