I think if you asked them they would of course say they freely chose uninfluenced. And if you surveyed women in any decade prior to 1960 years ago they would have said they obviously wanted multiple kids.
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No, two was average.
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Two is about the average now. A web search shows in early 1900s it was about 3.5. and back to 1800 was closer to 7.
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Yes, when they still were very likely to die before adulthood. Once you could be fairly sure they'd all live, the average was 2.4, in England consistently in England. Both my grandparents had two and this was a norm. They hoped for a boy & a girl.
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I don't know what year UK was 2.4 but here are a couple charts typical for USpic.twitter.com/JxYgp4dQHV
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Yep, much the same.
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I've tended to think of personal wishes as a prominently feminist issue.
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I waited until my 30’s to have a child. My reasons were fear/not feeling ready and money.
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I decided to only have one due to personal desire to only have one. But probably influenced somewhat by my circumstances/career choices. Not really able to take on more than one. I think that's true for a lot of women who don't have or want the option to stay home.
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