Re: Re: Quick morality question for heortling

From: John Machin <trithemius_at_...>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:28:16 +1100

Donald Oddy:
> This is why the population maintenance rate is something like
> 2.3 surviving children per family which means a lot of births
> in some families if we assume pre-20th century child mortality
> rates.

Can we assume this rate? Does the mundane and magical expertise of the appropriate cults only prevent the rate from being much worse than it was, pre-20th C.?

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John Machin
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