The new sign of the richest 1 percent in America? It could be having a third child.

For decades, researchers have repeated a simple fact about income and family size: The higher the family income, the fewer children you have.

But in recent years, this trend has started to reverse; wealthier families are starting to have more children than middle-class families. And a new analysis suggests that in the United States, having a third child could be more than a sign of wealth.

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