Something affecting Mormon fertility rates specifically is the dramatic increase in housing costs in the “Mormon Corridor” (the inter mountain us west strip of geography where most Mormons live). It’s simply too expensive for most young Mormon families to live the lifestyle they used to; with large homes and large families.
That area of the US has some of the most newly unaffordable areas in the country
That area of the US has some of the most newly unaffordable areas in the country