Traditionally, it's because the poorer you are, the higher the rate of infant mortality. Without the luxury of virtually guaranteeing your children will live and even grow up, pragmatism tends to win out and you have a few extra children to factor against the knowledge that some of your kids are liable to die before their fifth birthday.
IIN not to understand why poorer people have higher birth rates?
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Traditionally, it's because the poorer you are, the higher the rate of infant mortality. Without the luxury of virtually guaranteeing your children will live and even grow up, pragmatism tends to win out and you have a few extra children to factor against the knowledge that some of your kids are liable to die before their fifth birthday.