How does social welfare influence overpopulation?

I don't think it does. Most of the countries with high birth rates (much of Africa, for example) don't have much/anything in the way of social welfare. read more

Most of the countries with high birth rates (much of Africa, for example) don't have much/anything in the way of social welfare. In the US, with our modest amount of social welfare, we only reach a replacement level of fertility, an average of about 2 children per woman. read more

When people use a term like social welfare they do not always mean the same thing. There are at least two different things the question could mean: Version 1 - Every society in the world, since the beginning of time, has taken care of its members in one way another: that’s what a society is - people taking care of each other. read more

Overpopulation is a complex issue, as it can refer either to a global or regional problem of a population exceeding the carrying capacity of the land, or it can refer to local overcrowding. One major effect it has in urban areas is a decline in air and water quality. read more

Social policies affect society and human behavior, and their importance for social-work practice has long been understood by the social-work profession. Modern social welfare policies, which respond to basic human needs such as health care, housing food, and employment, have evolved since their introduction during the New Deal of the 1930s as responses to the Great Depression. read more