After taking a peek at Indexmundi.com, I have learned that there is a correlation between Literacy Rates and Fertility Rates. Although it's not a very strong correlation, there is enough evidence to prove that more educated countries tend to have less of a population issue.
Some examples of nations with high literacy rates:
Country: Lit. Rate: Birth rate:
Switzerland 99% 1.48
USA 99% 2.07
UK 99% 1.66
Germany 99% 1.37
Russia 99.5% 1.33
Pretty much everyone can read in these kinds of countries. And the average amount of kids a woman will give birth to falls in the range of 1 or 2. Now, let's take a look at some countries with poor literacy rates:
Country: Lit. Rate: Birth rate:
Tanzania 70.7% 5.24
Ethiopia 35.1% 5.55
Haiti 51.2% 4.86
Burkina Faso 16.6% 6.34
Niger 9.7% 6.91
Clearly, the women of these nations give birth to too many children for them to handle. My goal, using Role Model In Literacy, is to elevate the literacy rate of such a country to a point in which the women are giving birth to one or two children.
Check out the Indexmundi website for more data: http://www.indexmundi.com/g/correlation.aspx?v1=31&v2=39
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