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Originally Posted by Ourcrazymodern?
Weird reason indeed. Does anybody have any idea why the birth rate is so low? (All I can think of is a smart-ass answer.)
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I can't copy/paste select passages from an article, just a link, due to the limitations of this tablet, but your question intrigued me, so I googled it.
Greece - Demographic Trends
From the article, they state many reasons for the low birth rate in Greece, but the one they posit as the highest, is that women are employed more and more outside the home.
The other reasons seem to be immigration away from Greece, having to work longer to make the same amount of money as other European countries, who work less hours, longer life expectancy, etc.
I would also think that because they're living on an island with finite space, it might have something to do with it.