why is it that large family comes from people that belong to poverty level?

i think it's a vicious cycle that we cannot stop. poor people are uneducated because they don't have money for education, and besides, poor families have this mindset that food and other basic necessities should come first, and that family planning should be last on the list of priorities (which i think is a twisted way of thinking, since lack of family planning is precisely why they are poor in the first place). now their children grow up (and chances are, still poor) and having seen their parents' example, will not adopt family planning either. now i don't look down on poor people, after all, i can be counted as being one of them, but i think the government can do something to alleviate the situation by enforcing family planning programs more intensely in places where the masses are. but that's just my opinion

hello mayrah, Large family comes from people that belong to poverty level because they're not doing anything except for making babies. They have a lot of time doing it because they don't have jobs, a regular one. So they are not bothered about their time and scheduled. What they know is that having a lot of children is wealth because they can depend to them when their children are already grown up. What they don't know is that, their life is getting harder and worst for they can't afford them to send to school anymore, can't give nutritious food and most important of all is that they can't give them a better future. Maybe before they can afford that but now is a no no......

i think may be they are not zable to judge what can be the consequences. they are not well educated and do not know the value of family planning

I am not sure, this is something that well it is maybe as old as the question what come first the egg or the chicken? My hope for the future it is not so much that people stop having large families, but that people stop using their car even to go to the corner of their street, that they walk more and are willing to make changes to save resources. I like how you think, it will be nice if the mayority us thought that way.

I think it is difficult to convince them to family plan here in the Philippines because there area a lot of people against it. Also there is a lack of information dissemination in my opinion that's why a lot of large families nowadays come from those who are in poverty level.

yes sister i think you oppinion is right .i think some uneducated people or those belong to prverty level people is a part of our social .in spite of their knowledge are poor than our ,but the responsibility should not all blame them. if we take care of communication ,they must make a progress.

I noticed it also, they're hard headed, I'm wondering, is hard head caused by lack of education? or it's just part of their personality or attitude, most of the people in poverty lacks of education, because of it, they were not able to find a good job, there's nothing that keep them busy, maybe the reason they make more baby because they have nothing to worries at night, compared to those who has job, that even when they're at home they're still thinking about their jobs and planning. Pardon for my grammar I'm not good in English

as you've said uneducated people..i think government agencies like each district or municipality's health centers are most likely to give them full knowledge of family planning.. from lectures to leaflets and especially free medication for that as well..

The key word here is 'uneducated', marah. People not educated in methods of birth control and family planning will continue to bear children. Religious beliefs also play a key role in many cultures, as well. And considering how difficult it is to rise out of poverty (it's much easier to fall to poverty level) the problem will continue.

I have alot of opinions about this. I am a mother of 3 kids and 5 step kids. I am below the poverty level.I would love to be just poor. Now for me it was that my husband was diagnosed with mental illness which now he can not work. The government will not let me work because I have to take care of my children (cheaper for them to pay me to stay home than for them to pay daycare) When I had my secon with him was when we found he got sick. We were not planning on any more kids cause with 7 kids and him now out of work what were we going to do. Well 7 months after having my second child I found out I was pregnant again (I was on birth control at the time), I was not going to abort just because we were broke. Some people end up in a situation like mine where when they had the kids they were okay financially. As for some of the foriegn countries from what I heard it is not in their beliefs to use birth control. I do agree that you should take into account at the time of having kids how you are financially, but sometimes you can't help it. And just so people know, I do not enjoy being poor, I feel bad when I can't buy my kids the gifts that most parents can give.