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I think that this is self-selection on first-world women's parts. I've noticed that countries/regions with the lowest birth rates tend to be ones that still have very traditional views towards men/women's roles (East Asia, Eastern/Southern Europe, the upper classes in Latin America), as opposed to higher rates in places like France and Scandinavia (although I think this might have started to change recently), who have less of those issues. They are still lower than replacement, but not like others.

Even within the US/Canada, the areas with the highest birth rates are the Mountain/Prairie regions, where women have traditionally been considered more equal to men in their jobs/society.

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