Belgium: share of young people being able to be happy without children, by age 2016-2017

This statistic displays the share of the young population that would be able to be happy without having children in Belgium in 2016 and 2017, by age. In this period, 54 percent of the respondents aged between 18 and 25 years reported to be able to be happy without children.

Could you be happy without having children?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
16-17 years	52%
18-25 years	54%
26-34 years	51%
34 years and older	50%
Total	52%

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Release date

July 2017

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Region

Belgium

Survey time period

Since April 11, 2016

Number of respondents

45,952 respondents

Age group

16-34 years*

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* n (16-17) = 3,075, n (18-25) = 22,404, n (26-34) = 17,135, n (34+) = 3,338. Although the survey is specifically focused on the generation aged between 16 and 34 years, people older than 34 were also able to answer the survey questions, hence the category 34 years and older.

The statistic displayed above shows the percentage of respondents that answered yes to the question.

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