page_title: Fertility factor (demography)
section_title: Social support
hierarchical_section_title: Fertility factor (demography) / Factors associated with increased fertility / Social support
caption_attribution_description: English: African family poses for a picture in the farm This is an image of "African people at work" from Kenya
context_page_description: Fertility factors are determinants of the number of children that an individual is likely to have. Fertility factors are mostly positive or negative correlations without certain causations.
  Factors generally associated with increased fertility include the intention to have children, very high gender equality, religiosity, inter-generational transmission of values, marriage and war, maternal and social support, rural residence, pro family government programs, low IQ. and increased agriculture.
  Factors generally associated with decreased fertility include rising income, value and attitude changes, education, female labor participation, population control, age, contraception, partner reluctance to having children, less affordable housing markets, very low level of gender equality, infertility, pollution, and obesity,
context_section_description: Social support from the extended family and friends can help a couple decide to have a child, or another one.
  Studies mainly in ex-communist Eastern European countries have associated increased fertility with increased social capital in the form of personal relationships, goods, information, money, work capacity, influence, power, and personal help from others.
  Research in the U.S. shows that the extended family willing to provide support becomes a “safety net”.  This is particularly important for single mothers and situations involving partnership instability.
caption: A family of rural Africa
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