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What societal change would likely cause a decrease in the birth rate?

encouraging women to marry at a young age


reducing the availability of family planning programs and contraception


providing tax breaks to families for each child they have


increasing the education and employment opportunities for women

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increasing the education and employment opportunities for women

Higher education and career opportunities tend to delay marriage and childbearing, increase use of contraception, and raise the opportunity cost of having many children, all of which lower fertility rates.