How does illiteracy affect birth rate? Justify by giving 4 points.

Yes, it does significantly. Families in developing countries have higher birth rates because they don’t have access to contraceptives. This can also be due to different cultural norms. Illiteracy is most common in poor areas with large birth rates. Due to underdevelopment and poverty, it becomes not a priority to go and seek education. Instead in those times people may learn to take care of their families, working and supporting themselves to feed themselves.

Usually the most illiterate countries literacy rates that go from 30-70 percent which is very low. In many cases it has been seen as the younger sibling gets the best education. While the parents and older siblings are working to provide food and necessities for the family as a whole.