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IQ and what it means in adulthood
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, Beliavsky wrote: Yes, especially in continental Europe -- there are statistics at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...y_fertility_ra te . European whites are largely secular and socially liberal, two qualities negatively correlated with fertility. One can debate the intellectual merits of socially liberal atheism, but demographically it is a failure. You forgot one element: parts of (wealthy) Europe with strong social supports for women to maintain their standard of living after childbirth tend to be the ones with higher birth rates -- eg, Scandinavia. Parts of Europe where the social security is poorer, and where children kill your career, have lower birth rates. Incidentally, secularism and atheism are not the same thing, and even secularism is interpreted differently in different countries. For example, the French decision to forbid the wearing of hijabs, kippahs, crosses etc in public schools was greeted with bewildered horror here -- and Australia is secular too. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
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