The Asian thoughts about personal space, are not the same as American thoughts.
Not at all.
They are fine with it. Really.
My first thought was to agree with you. My Filipina wife has 5 siblings and 6 more half siblings — both families lived in quite cramped quarters. My wife claims she’d be “fine” in a minimalist smaller house than what we have — granted I don’t know if she REALLY wants to give up that much of her stuff.
However, the fertility rates certainly are changing, whatever the reasons. None of the siblings or half-siblings have over 3 kids; some have only one, even though their economic circumstances overall certainly are no worse than their parents’. So, I looked at some data for 4 Asian countries, and it backs that up: Very interesting:
