Which of the following was the main economic explanation of why more educated women in the 1970s tended to have fewer children than less educated women?
a) More educated families realized that it was important for a child's development for the mother to be home.
b) More educated women want to volunteer in their children's clubs and schools.
c) More educated women command a higher wage rate than less educated women, so when more educated women leave the labor force due to the presence of young children, the family loses more income than where the woman was less educated.
d) More educated women tend to hold religious beliefs that lead to having fewer children.
c
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