You'd think that a strongly Catholic country like Italy would have higher birth rates. This is a head scratcher.
But I wonder what it is in Marxist states like MA, and other sodomy strongholds.
In socialist nations, the cost of living is too high. People are too busy working to pay taxes, and children are expensive. Besides, Italian women were abused for centuries by cheating husbands, and they had no way out of these unhappy marriages. When given the choice, apparently these young Italian women would prefer to remain single. My mother and her sisters are all full blooded Italian, but born in the US [their parents were born in Italy]. My mother and aunts all married non-Italian men, after witnessing their parents’ marriage and the culture. Sorry to fellow Italians out there, but this has been my family’s experience.