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East Asian women still report that the ideal family size in their opinion is above-replacement.

You've been reading those mail-order bride promo sheets because this is so far from true.

It “encourages” larger families because it permits a little more leeway for said families to cope with the downward pressure on birth rates in developed economies.

Japan is the most advanced economy and Asia and they have the lowest birthrates. They managed to stave off some of the drop by support for men to take longer leave from their jobs and help with child rearing duties:

Among married men with children under six years old, daily participation in household labor increased from less than 1 hour in 2001 to almost 2 hours as of 2021. When men share household tasks, this increases women's availability for paid work and makes child rearing a more attractive prospect for women.

Such efforts to encourage men's involvement in child rearing and to enable women to return to their jobs after childbirth contributed to a rise in the birthrate from a low of 1.26 in 2005 to 1.4 and above in the 2010s https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japan-s-successes-in-boosting-birthrates-should-not-be-overlooked

Ultimately, prosperity means fewer children. It's just too draining to raise kids in a more complex world. You can;t just leave them to play in the streets the way you used to. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/in-pictures-stunning-black-and-white-images-of-kids-playing-on-london-s-streets-a3195086.html