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Atleast on story I have heard from my grand parents is:

In 1960s villages didn't have access to medicine or doctors. So people used to produce 5-7 children so atleast 1-2 went into adulthood.

But as medicine became more easily accessible all 5-7 children ended up in adulthood leading to population increase.

Nowadays I see max 2 children in villages.

It has changed a lot this holds very dear to me as I come from very poor Indian village and have seen what people go through.

My village had mountain on one side and river on all three other side, so when my maternal grandfather died I had to cross a river with my little brother on top of me to see him.

My family was so poor that they sold goats to somehow manage my fees and used to skip mills on Monday to manage finances.

In few decades we have solar powered borewell in that remote village and I am earning very good earning.

Not only my family but everyone in village has been uplifted. My ancestors will lose their mind if they see us now.

I think this also has network effect for example before current era no one knew about opportunities present outside as information was no easily accessible in village.

One guy getting a job leads to ripple effect on other families perusing better job and education.