Why is it that the internet has impacted the traditional fertility culture of passing on the family name.

The reason why Internet users have a lower fertility rate than those who are not on the Internet is that the spread of the Internet has made it more and more clear that the purpose of procreation is not only to reproduce. You have to face a series of problems, such as children's education. For example, housing issues, such as in-laws, all of these should be taken into account, not just to reproduce. The higher the internet frequency, the more I don't agree with the idea of having more children to pass on the family line. The Internet has impacted the traditional birth culture of passing on the family line, allowing individuals to pay more attention to their own development and needs, to spend more time and resources on satisfying themselves rather than their families, and to consider having children based on their own happiness and inner feelings. Opinions and information on the Internet spread quickly and widely, and have an unconscious impact on those who access the Internet. This allows Internet communication to amplify the impact of negative information, such as on fertility issues, reinforcing the awareness of the cost and burden of childbearing, which in turn negatively affects individuals' willingness to have children.

"Fertilizing" information affects fertility: Internet opinions and information often spread quickly and widely, and have an unconscious impact on surfers. These characteristics allow Internet communication to amplify the impact of negative information, such as on fertility issues, reinforcing the awareness of the costs and burdens of childbearing, which in turn negatively affects individuals' fertility intentions, and the temptation to consume squeezes childbearing: Internet access has the effect of stimulating individuals' desire to consume and increasing consumption. The authors analyze that, on the one hand, the satisfaction brought by consumption directly replaces the utility of children; on the other hand, it exacerbates budgetary constraints and squeezes the resources available for childbearing, thus reducing the willingness of individuals to have children. The "consumption substitution mechanism" is validated by the erosion of the traditional concept of fertility: the more frequently one goes online, the less likely one is to accept the idea of having more children in order to pass on the family line. The Internet has impacted the traditional fertility culture, allowing individuals to pay more attention to their own development and needs, spend more time and resources to fulfill their own utility rather than the family's, and consider having children based on their own happiness and inner feelings.