Mod runner Fertility levels are higher in rural areas than urban areas precisely because that is where it is harder to access the necessary birth control.This urban-rural fertility gap is just as true in Kenya as it is in the US. In Kenya, there is a gap of almost 1.5 births between rural and urban areas (4.5 vs 3.1, respectively), just as in the US, teen pregnancies are more frequent in rural than urban areas.Even beyond birth control, women in rural areas tend to work close to or from their homes whereas those in urban areas typically work several miles away from home. The former have greater leeway to care for children while they work while the latter do not.Changes in occupational structure and improvements in educational opportunity that accompany rural to urban migration also drive down birth rates: women earn greater incomes, are exposed to greater opportunities for their children and so typically decide to invest more per child in light of this - thus limiting birth rates.Ultimately the high population growth in Africa all boils down to poverty and low urbanisation. Fix this and the fix your population problems disappear.

Mod runner Fertility levels are higher in rural areas than urban areas precisely because that is where it is harder to access the necessary birth control.This urban-rural fertility gap is just as true in Kenya as it is in the US. In Kenya, there is a gap of almost 1.5 births between rural and urban areas (4.5 vs 3.1, respectively), just as in the US, teen pregnancies are more frequent in rural than urban areas.Even beyond birth control, women in rural areas tend to work close to or from their homes whereas those in urban areas typically work several miles away from home. The former have greater leeway to care for children while they work while the latter do not.Changes in occupational structure and improvements in educational opportunity that accompany rural to urban migration also drive down birth rates: women earn greater incomes, are exposed to greater opportunities for their children and so typically decide to invest more per child in light of this - thus limiting birth rates.Ultimately the high population growth in Africa all boils down to poverty and low urbanisation. Fix this and the fix your population problems disappear.

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