> (Incidentally, there is a second factor in controlling birth rates which
> has only recently begun to get major attention. It will be no surprise to
> members of this list that family size is inversely proportinal to education
> and economic opportunity for females.)
>
>
> Neil Rest
>
It is also worth mentioning that the longer the period of compuslory
education the greater the incentive to keep family size small. Children
are no longer a potential help to the family budget, they become instead a
burden. Thus as well as education for women, one way to bring family size
down (should you think it desirable) is to shift the economic balance.
Farah
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