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>>toomuc+(OP)
The ratio of housing cost vs real income almost tripled over the last 20 years in Sweden. Add a looming climate crisis and a self-fulfillment-oriented culture and you get very few new babies.

>>brtkdo+T5
Real disposable income in Sweden has increased 50% over the last 20 years.

https://tradingeconomics.com/sweden/the-real-gross-disposabl...

>>anonpo+md
Green is disposable income, orange is cost of apartment housing:

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tonEuOE0IXE/WfpBpIzy8rI/AAAAAAAAF...

>>brtkdo+Pd
So what? Is not disposable income what's left over after you pay your mandatory expenses, like housing?

If real disposable income is rising, then people have more access to non necessary resources than they did before. So, they have more wealth, but are having fewer babies, which is the general trend.

>>anonpo+5f
Housing isn't mandatory - the government doesn't put you in jail if you don't pay it; you just get evicted. Disposable income is basically just income minus required taxes.