According to a survey conducted in 2024, 57 percent of adults aged 18 to 49 years who said they were unlikely to have children in the United States agreed that a major reason for remaining childless was that they just did not want to have children. A further 44 percent said that they wanted to focus on other things, while 38 percent cited concerns about the state of the world.
Share of childless Americans aged 18 to 49 years with various major reasons for remaining unlikely to ever have children in the United States in 2024
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Pew Research Center. (July 24, 2024). Share of childless Americans aged 18 to 49 years with various major reasons for remaining unlikely to ever have children in the United States in 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1483315/us-main-reasons-for-not-having-children/
Pew Research Center. "Share of childless Americans aged 18 to 49 years with various major reasons for remaining unlikely to ever have children in the United States in 2024." Chart. July 24, 2024. Statista. Accessed September 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1483315/us-main-reasons-for-not-having-children/
Pew Research Center. (2024). Share of childless Americans aged 18 to 49 years with various major reasons for remaining unlikely to ever have children in the United States in 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1483315/us-main-reasons-for-not-having-children/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Childless Americans Aged 18 to 49 Years with Various Major Reasons for Remaining Unlikely to Ever Have Children in The United States in 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1483315/us-main-reasons-for-not-having-children/
Pew Research Center, Share of childless Americans aged 18 to 49 years with various major reasons for remaining unlikely to ever have children in the United States in 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1483315/us-main-reasons-for-not-having-children/ (last visited September 10, 2024)
Share of childless Americans aged 18 to 49 years with various major reasons for remaining unlikely to ever have children in the United States in 2024 [Graph], Pew Research Center, July 24, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1483315/us-main-reasons-for-not-having-children/
