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indecisive_user | 21 days ago

If that were true then we would expect to see a positive correlation between income and family size, but households making 500k are basically the same size as households making 50k.

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jeffbee|21 days ago

Your specific claim may indeed be true, but it's misleading. The relationship between income and children is U-shaped. From middle incomes to higher incomes, fertility rises. It is also important to point out that income is tied to other factors in America. You're going to disproportionately find your $500k earners in a handful of superstar coastal cities. Those things need to be controlled for if you want to isolate the effect of income on family size.