How to reduce the consequences of high birth rates?
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A country, concerned that its population is growing too rapidly, will not want to raise its death rate! It may however, seek, to reduce immigration and try to reduce the country’s birth rate. There are a number of ways it could do the latter. An effective way is thought to be improvement of the educational and employment opportunities for women.
Educated women tend to be more aware of contraceptive methods, marry later and are likely to restrict their family size, in order to be able to combine raising children with work and also because they have higher hopes for their children’s future. Better information and increased availability of family planning services will make it more likely that households will be able to limit their family sizes.