This means that from 1965 til now Americans are becoming more self-conscious about the problem at hand with overpopulation and what is happening around the world. Since the baby boom after WWII in America the average kid per household has fallen to a record low of 1.4 in 2005 and has flat lined around 1.6 in 2014. A good contributor to this is also the fact that kids this day and age are costing a lot more than the kids in 1960, and since mortality rate keeps getting higher and higher the kids are living longer meaning more money to sustain them in their lives.
For example in 1960 a child, in a household cost, from birth to age 17 about 194,000 thousand dollars (Convert). In 2014, only 50 years later that number has increased to 250,000 (Convert). This is a dramatic increase in not only the price per child but, also the amount of income a household needs to bring in to make ends meet. In 1960, times were very different automotive transportation wasn't as much as today and also healthcare and education has seen a 900% increase from being only, 2% of total cost in 1960, to 18% in 2014 (Covert). This is significant because this particular area includes healthcare, school fares such as better education opportunity's, and also keeping up with the latest technological advances in both the healthcare field and education.
These are all matters that are playing a big role in the growing issue of overpopulation; however, there are measures and ideas being implemented around the world to help keep the population down and under control. Such as in China, were in 1980 they implemented a policy of households only having one child. This growing issue is very popular in china, having an approval rating of 76% of china. In 1965 the population of china was 694 million and 20 years later was 1,008 million (Olesen). However from implementing this policy in 1980 much has changed; in 1980 population was 1,008 million and by 2010, 30 years later it only increased by 300 million (Olesen).
