<p>@matt: In many ways. Better educated people tend to spend more time in their careers and less time raising families, for instance. This paper has some speculation:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.prb.org/pdf/IsEducat-Contracept_Eng.pdf[/url]”>http://www.prb.org/pdf/IsEducat-Contracept_Eng.pdf</a></p>
<p>If the purpose of life is to reproduce, and uneducated people do so more effectively, then why doesn’t everyone want to be uneducated?</p>