Women still had children during the Great Depression. I know, I know, “the pill” hadn’t been invented yet.
“people might not want to have children when they’re living in a shared flat”
People had kids hundreds of thousands of years ago, back when they had no clothes and huddled around a fire at night terrified that the lions might come by for a meal.
The birth rate during the depression was a record low that was not matched again until 1980.
Women actually keep their knees together when food scarcity, economic woes and social anxiety all occur at once.
There are other ways to prevent pregnancy