Majority of childless adults say the reason they probably won’t have kids is that they just don’t want to | Pew Research Center

November 18, 2021

Growing share of childless adults in U.S. don’t expect to ever have children

Majority of childless adults say the reason they probably won’t have kids is that they just don’t want to

Majority of childless adults say the reason they probably won’t have kids is that they just don’t want to

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Majority of childless adults say the reason they probably won’t have kids is that they just don’t want to

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Growing share of childless adults in U.S. don’t expect to ever have children
Most parents under 50 – and many childless adults – don’t expect to have kids in the future
Medical reasons top list for why parents don’t expect more kids
Share of non-parents younger than 50 who say they are not likely to have children is up from 2018
Majority of childless adults say the reason they probably won’t have kids is that they just don’t want to
Age, medical reasons top the list for why some parents don’t expect to have more kids