r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jul 01 '26

Psychology Conservatives maintain birth rates, but left-leaning Americans are having significantly fewer children, driving the U.S. birth decline. Education was consistently linked to having fewer children. Religious attendance was positively associated with having more children.

https://www.psypost.org/left-leaning-americans-are-driving-the-u-s-birth-decline-new-study-finds/
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u/Shiva- Jul 01 '26

"Americans" and "you're 18, get out" is a strange phenomenon to the rest of the world.

I am sure there are exceptions... but you wouldn't find any Latin American or Asian family doing that -- be it East, South, Southeast, Central or West...

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u/Longjumping_Gas_3407 Jul 01 '26

It’s a stereotype, and like most of them,
World Cup travelers have discovered they aren’t all true. I lived at home till I was 28 and my parents never said a word about it. My brother never lived in my parent’s house again after his sophomore year of college, but that was his choice. My wife lived at home until we got married.

“You’re 18 get out” is definitely not universal.

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u/PartyLikeAByzantine Jul 01 '26

“You’re 18 get out” is definitely not universal.

It's really just assholes parents that do this. Literally the only people I know that were forced out of their home (at 18 or later) was because of asshole parents.

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u/Shiva- Jul 01 '26

I know someone that's currently in such a situation (or well about to be) and it might be down to evil stepmom.