Theory provides ambiguous guidance on the sign of economic shock effects on families, since fertility may rise or fall depending on circumstances.

Evidence

The Family Demography of the Great Recession (UC Irvine Center for Demographic and Social Analysis)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Extreme misfortune can have cascading negative effects on families. — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 21