Using the global map on page 5 of the text, we see a much higher average in numbers of births to women in low income nations. In these poorer countries, women have their first child at a much younger age than women do elsewhere, and in these poor nations women continue to have children through their child bearing years. In higher income nations, women have their first child much later and have one or two children in total.

Discuss the implications of this difference in child bearing on family life in the society, education and training of new members, and the economic fabric of the society.