Why Has Technological Change Created Incentives to Have Fewer Children

question 26

Multiple Choice

Why has technological change created incentives to have fewer children?

• A) People can't afford more children because each child requires expensive electronics.
• B) People preferred to spend their time watching TV, rather than having sex.
• C) People got access to cheap and effective means of contraception.
• D) People had to pay for more expensive technologies in hospitals to give birth.

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