The Reproduction Habits of Wizards

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No: HPFGUIDX 35798

I think that reproduction rate has to do with the fact that they do 
live longer.  We (muggles in the US) are living longer and longer, 
and we are waiting longer and longer to have children (which 
brings up a lot of medical type problems, but anyway...).  Since 
wizarding folks DO live longer, they simply may want to have 
babies later in life.  And too much waiting may result in infertility.  
That's why the wizarding population is dropping.  

Also, as we can see in our own world.  The better our living 
standards are, the lower the birth rate drops.  Heck, the rate of 
death will out number the rate of birth...  soon.  I can't remember 
the estimates.  So if life in the wizarding world is all wine and 
roses, they may have just reached the point of death over birth.  
That's why theres not that many wizarding folks around.

As for the Weasleys....  Nothing in the literature suggest that they 
live like the middle ages.  It's just that their form of "technological 
advancements" happens through new spells, instead of new 
computers.  They may just very well, like having oodles of 
babies.


Seiko


--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Laura Huntley" <huntleyl at m...> 
wrote:
> ^_~ Alright.  Perhaps this post isn't, well...all the subject line 
may have led you to believe.  Just a quick question, actually..
> 
> Why, if wizarding folk live longer (and therefore take a 
correspondingly longer time to hit menopause), are there less 
wizards than Muggles inhabiting the world??
> 
> Combined with the fact that they are better adapted to survival 
and keeping themselves healthy, etc. -- *and* considering many 
of them still uphold medieval values (I.e. make lots and lots of 
kiddies..lookit the Weasleys), one would think the world ought to 
be over run with them.
> 
> Very odd.  Very odd, indeed.
> 
> laura (stroking her chin thoughtfully)
> 
> 
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