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The same topic was covered in Svenska dagbladet ( https://www.svd.se/a/PR0RyJ/man-med-bra-flas-och-hog-iq-far-fler-barn ) a while ago, so it’s apparently the same here in Sweden. You see a lot of dads running around in Stockholm with strollers actually. Sweden and other Scandinavian countries score very high on Hofstede’s cultural factor of femininity/feminine values. The higher fertility of high-IQ men in Scandinavia could be a reflection of the level of agreeableness in our population, but I wonder if you for example see the same trend in Japan (very masculine cultural values but an agreeable population).
Low-IQ men being unsuccessful on the basis of their alcoholism doesn't sound like it would be the primary factor in having a low fertility rate. There is research that suggests a small positive correlation between IQ and consumption rate. Furthermore, I would argue that alcoholism is more-so a consequence of low iq and poverty rather than a causative factor on its own. I think women would be happy to mate with an alcoholic male if he had height, wealth or good looks. Perhaps it is a deal breaker for poor men, but I also think that low IQ inhibits them in more ways than just drug abuse. Low IQ men being low wealth and out of shape would seem to be larger factors
Why are HIGH IQ Norwegian men having more children?!
The same topic was covered in Svenska dagbladet ( https://www.svd.se/a/PR0RyJ/man-med-bra-flas-och-hog-iq-far-fler-barn ) a while ago, so it’s apparently the same here in Sweden. You see a lot of dads running around in Stockholm with strollers actually. Sweden and other Scandinavian countries score very high on Hofstede’s cultural factor of femininity/feminine values. The higher fertility of high-IQ men in Scandinavia could be a reflection of the level of agreeableness in our population, but I wonder if you for example see the same trend in Japan (very masculine cultural values but an agreeable population).
Low-IQ men being unsuccessful on the basis of their alcoholism doesn't sound like it would be the primary factor in having a low fertility rate. There is research that suggests a small positive correlation between IQ and consumption rate. Furthermore, I would argue that alcoholism is more-so a consequence of low iq and poverty rather than a causative factor on its own. I think women would be happy to mate with an alcoholic male if he had height, wealth or good looks. Perhaps it is a deal breaker for poor men, but I also think that low IQ inhibits them in more ways than just drug abuse. Low IQ men being low wealth and out of shape would seem to be larger factors