Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and answer for that. The answer will fill in the blank or will complete the unfinished question. Your task is to provide an explanation based on the given question or fill-in-the-blank statement, and answer.
Q: Question: Jan and Brad were able to feed themselves only spending ten dollars a day total. After they lost their child, they had to spend five dollars a day total, because their familial population had 
 Answer: shrank
A:
More people need more resources.