More American Adults Say They Don’t Expect to Have a Child: Poll
- About nine in 20 non-parents ages 18 to 49 say it’s unlikely
- Reasons vary from medical, financial, age, lacking a partner
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A growing share of U.S. adults who aren’t already parents say they probably won’t have children, citing reasons such as apathy, financial instability or the lack of a partner.
A new survey from the Pew Research Center found that 44% of non-parents ages 18 to 49 say it’s not too likely, or not at all likely, that they will have children someday, an increase of 7 percentage points from the 37% who said the same in 2018.