According to polling by the Independent Center in association with Newsweek, one in three young adults do not have and do not want to have children. [emphasis, links added]
The survey found that 30 percent of Generation Z (people born between 1997 and 2012) and millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) did not have and do not want to have any children.
The results come after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced in April that the U.S. birthrate has dropped to an all-time low.
In comparison, the report shows that 62 percent of poll respondents say they have or want to have children. Nine percent say they are unsure.
The survey also examined whether the “American dream” is just a dream for young adults.
Newsweek wrote that 23 percent of young people believe having children is “irresponsible because of climate.” Sixty percent disagree, while 17 percent are unsure.
Pew Research Center data from 2023 echoes that sentiment, revealing that more than half of Democrats (55 percent) believe the trend of people having fewer children has a “positive impact” on the environment.
New polling finds 55% of Democrats believe people having fewer children than in the past has a "positive impact" on the environment – more here: https://t.co/0mLAkzj9U0 pic.twitter.com/dN19wweZw0
— Katherine Hamilton (@thekat_hamilton) September 19, 2023
Other data from the Pew Research Center in June 2024 found that 19 percent of Biden voters believe “society is better off if people make marriage and having children a priority,” compared to 59 percent of former President Donald Trump supporters and 39 percent of registered voters overall.
Interestingly, a Gallup survey last year found that Americans’ preference for larger families — having three or more children — reached its highest percentage since 1971, a new Gallup survey found.
Some good news: per Gallup, Americans' desire for larger families has reached a 50-year high.
More here: https://t.co/WzqgcKS8UB pic.twitter.com/jcmZdrw3Eb
— Katherine Hamilton (@thekat_hamilton) September 25, 2023
That survey found that adults younger than 30 are “far less likely” than older respondents to already have children. However, 63 percent reported wanting to have children someday.
“Young adults are also more likely than older age groups to think having three or more children is ideal,” Gallup analyzed.
“Thus, the greater risk of the U.S. population shrinking due to a declining birth rate may stem from young adults waiting much longer than prior generations to start having children rather than from a decreased desire to have children altogether.”
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Sounds like a good thing if Democrats say they aren’t going to have children.
Idiocy. It’s the Economic Climate. They can’t afford a house or kids. Nothing to do with weather. More Leftist Media garbage.
Children tend to be like their parents. With a lot of people stupid enough to buy into the climate change movement not having kids, my grandkids will have fewer stupid people to deal with.
Just another Useful Idiot for Big Brother and the UN/Globalists