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Study: Fewer men leads to more babies in poor areas
In poor neighbourhoods where men were the minority, women had children earlier, the investigators found.
But in more affluent neighbourhoods where men were similarly outnumbered, women focused on education and career, later becoming the group with the higher birth rate in their 30s.
Study co-author Abby Chipman said that in poorer neighbourhoods the increase in the birth rate was mainly among 15-to-24-year olds, while in more affluent areas it was among those aged 34 to 39.
“If there are more women than men, studies have shown that women have lower expectations of men,” she said.
“We found that poor women are more likely to rush to start their ‘reproductive careers’, while rich women are more likely to delay having children.
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Lower expectations of the men?
rogerb on February 13, 2013 at 8:44 PM
“We found that poor women are more likely to rush to start their ‘reproductive careers’, while rich women are more likely to delay having children.”
Further proof the movie “Idiocracy” was a documentary.
We are doomed.
Golden Boy on February 13, 2013 at 8:46 PM
Reproductive careers? What the cr*p is that? Or translation: Those womenz in poor areas are stupidz. Just great.
tommy71 on February 13, 2013 at 8:53 PM
True, but keep in mind, being doomed takes a lot of hard work, it’s doesn’t just happen by chance. If you aren’t both careful and diligent, your doomage can easily slip away from you. America has worked both very hard and very diligently for this doomage.
SWalker on February 13, 2013 at 9:09 PM
Dads replaced by Uncle Sam.
WisCon on February 13, 2013 at 9:12 PM
No.
Welfare queens screwing like rabbits = more ghetto babies.
Even more screwball is how “welfare” bureaucracies typically refer to deadbeat dads as “absent parents. They’d certainly wouldn’t want to offend deadbeat dads for increasing potential Obama
votersserfs.viking01 on February 13, 2013 at 9:13 PM
Dingdingding. We have fewer MEN, but just as many males, and we’re subsidizing Idiocracy-like behavior.
MelonCollie on February 13, 2013 at 9:31 PM
roflmao, I read that twice to make sure I comprende’d it.
arnold ziffel on February 13, 2013 at 10:00 PM
When there are less men they are “worth” more just like any other commodity. Therefore women are willing to put out easier to get them and put up with more catting around to keep them. Simple.
Also, less men = less breadwinners = more government checks from having kids as a source of income. When the government subsidizes something you get more of it.
29Victor on February 13, 2013 at 11:33 PM