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people in queue for bus ticket
Teacher : Listen! The responsible factors are:

i. Illiteracy
ii. Ignorance
iii. Superstitions
iv. Poor economic condition
v. Social and religious norms and values
vi. Poverty and backwardness
vii. Unequal distribution of development opportunities
Grishma : How are they responsible for population growth would
you explain sir?

Teacher : Yes Grishma, why not? Generally, uneducated person has a big
family due to superstitious belief, poverty and social pressure to
get a son in a family and many other reasons. They are ignorant.
They don’t understand the effect of population growth.
Some people still believe that children are blessings from god.
So, they don't use contraceptives and don't adopt any other
measures for family planning. So, they increase the number of
children in their family. Poor people think that their children
can earn money to support them. So they bear more children and
send them in various houses to do household work. Their wages
will be sent to their parents.

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