Myrdal ya fara samun hankalin jama'a a cikin shekarun 1930, kuma yana daya daga cikin manyan masu motsawa wajen ƙirƙirar jihar jin dadin jama'ar Sweden. Ta rubuta littafin Crisis in the Population Question (Swedish: Kris i befolkningsfrågan tare da Gunnar Myrdal a 1934). Babban mahimmanci na Crisis in the Population Question shi ne gano abin da ake buƙatar gyare-gyaren zamantakewa don ba da damar 'yanci na mutum (musamman ga mata) yayin da kuma inganta haihuwa, da kuma karfafa Swedes don samun yara. Littafin ya kuma ba da cikakken bayani game da muhimmancin alhakin ilimin yara tsakanin iyaye da kuma al'umma ta hanyar masu koyar da yara. Tambaya: A wane shekarun da Myrdal ya zama sananne?
Shekaru na 1930