guys, I live in Brazil.
here, the poorest population have normaly around 5 and 8 children, but the richest, have normaly 2 or 3. (thats my case..)
I didn't tried to say that poor peaple has many kids because they easly die, even tho that can be a reason in some cases, its not the case most seen here.
I did an school work, and my group asked a woman in a favela about the reason she had so many kids (9), and she said:
(translated, of course, lol)
"Its bacause of the money right? We all need workers in the family" she meant "more sons, more workers. More workers, more funds. More funds, better way of life."
so, of course, the surviving factor used to be a real reason, in the middle ages, or maybe in Africa (I don't know much about their situation, but from what I've heard, its possible.), but its not the main reason for the population extreme growth.
in Europe, such things dont happen, there are first world nations that incentivate the population to have children, like Australia, and also, Russia, for their population is falling tru time (freezing to death maybe? ^^). and it has nothing to do with population growth, for it realy does not compare with the much peaple getting born in the poorest areas of the world, and the favelas here in Brazil are included.
about my weapon, I swear its for self protection purposes only!