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[Troubadour]

Very well said Mod Rob, I was thiking my poor country, and people keep moaning how life is tough but ask how many chiildren they had 6,7,5
Responsibilities come on it self

Actually you are quite wrong here. I am a trained social scientist and know a bit about this. If a country increases in prosperity, the birthrate drops. A high birth rate is a product of poverty. It is not true that a high birth rate causes poverty, the reverse is true.

The working person prosperity of the UK is largely a post-war phenomenon. I have one brother, my mother had two brothers, but her mother had 6 sisters and a brother, and my mother's father had 6 brothers and one sister. This is a phenomenon true all over the world. Poverty decreases, birthrate drops - Poverty increases, birthrate rises

[South-east boy]

Actually you are quite wrong here. I am a trained social scientist and know a bit about this. If a country increases in prosperity, the birthrate drops. A high birth rate is a product of poverty. It is not true that a high birth rate causes poverty, the reverse is true.

The working person prosperity of the UK is largely a post-war phenomenon. I have one brother, my mother had two brothers, but her mother had 6 sisters and a brother, and my mother's father had 6 brothers and one sister. This is a phenomenon true all over the world. Poverty decreases, birthrate drops - Poverty increases, birthrate rises

But does what you say only work with countries that are more wealthy and have had ups & downs rather than countries that are far less wealthy or even poor? Not all countries with a higher % of poor people have large familes do they? It seems to also depend upon the religion and trend/culture of the country.

The trouble is, is how is a country with a high % of poor people and unemployed (compared to say the UK) going to become properous, especially if the population is increasing dramatically? It seems quite scarey to me how the PHilippines could be in 10-20 years time with a dramatic increase in the population and with less Fillipinos being able to work abroad due to other countries cutting down on immigration. How best to sort the countries problems, is not easy, but it could certainly do with more industry etc.