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Could this explain why we're having fewer children?

A woman with a baby on her back looks on at an informal settlement in the capital Luanda, August 30, 2012. Angolans will go to the polls on Friday to elect lawmakers and their president.

What is the link between social inequality and fertility rates? Image: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Carol Clark
Senior science communicator, Emory University
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