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What will reduce population growth?
A
decreasing literacy and women having more children
B
starving some people and taking away necessities of life
C
more people in cities with large families
D
increasing literacy, education, and access to healthcare as well as economic stability
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At the aggregate level, countries with higher literacy rates and overall educational attainment have lower total fertility rates (TFRs) than countries whose population have lower education levels. The effect of a country’s overall level of education on its TFR exists in both developing and developed countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -The rapidly growing population transforms the economy into mass unemployment and low employment. As the population increases, the ratio of workers to the total population increases. The result is that with an increase in the labour force, unemployment and low employment increases.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Education leads to lower birth rates and slows population growth, ” he says. “This makes it easier for countries to develop. A more-educated workforce also makes poverty eradication and economic growth easier to achieve.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Generously fund family planning programs. Make modern contraception legal, free and available everywhere, even in remote areas. Improve health care to reduce infant and child mortality. Restrict child marriage and raise the legal age of marriage (minimum 18 years) More items •27-Feb-2019

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