Wouldn't that be treated as one of those things - who's going to have a baby when they can barely feed themselves, already? I mean, assuming there's a choice on the part of the parents. I'd think most potential parents would look at the world and say, "we'll wait until it's a bit better, thanks," and the birth rate would drop to ridiculously low levels?
I don't think so. People are amazingly stupid when it comes to things like this. The birth rate, I think, would stay almost constant...it's the infant/youth mortality rate that would skyrocket.
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Date: 22 Nov 2004 11:06 pm (UTC)I don't think so. People are amazingly stupid when it comes to things like this. The birth rate, I think, would stay almost constant...it's the infant/youth mortality rate that would skyrocket.