“The list goes on...”
Add environmentalism, staying in college longer, college loans.
In the US 40% of kids are born out of wedlock, in Israel and Japan it is 5%. It seems like the US government prefers unmarried people raising children.
Because those parents will be beholden to big government for support in bringing those children up. Translates to votes and security (for the government.)
You can add unemployment to that list.