Americans don’t want children, new study shows
July 26, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: With the US fertility rate at an all-time low, a new Pew Research study finds that nearly half of adult Americans do not expect to have children—in most cases because they don’t want children.
In the Pew survey, 47% of the respondents aged 18-49 said that they did not anticipate having children. Among them, 57% said they did not want children. Among respondents over the age of 50, 31% of those who did not have children said the main reason was that they did not want children.
Those who did not want children explained that they thought a childless life would make it simpler to acquire the possessions they wanted, enjoy free time and outside interests, and be successful in their careers. These responses were more common among respondents with college degrees and/or postgraduate education.
Among the older (50+) adults who did not have children, two-thirds said that having children was not important in having a fulfilling life.
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Posted by: TheJournalist64 -
Jul. 27, 2024 6:06 AM ET USA
All the articles today are tied together. Pius XII warned against philosophies of materialism, which are anti-theorist. No accountability to God for the next generation = childlessness, so material wants can be met in this life. No kids means no priests in next generation, which means no warning to that generation about perils of childlessness. And so on til the race dies out. God help us!
