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.
* 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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VRT, & Upian, & Yami 2 Productions. (July 31, 2017). Could you be happy without having children? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/541962/share-of-belgian-young-people-being-able-to-be-happy-without-children-by-age/
VRT, und Upian, und Yami 2 Productions. "Could you be happy without having children?." Chart. July 31, 2017. Statista. Accessed January 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/541962/share-of-belgian-young-people-being-able-to-be-happy-without-children-by-age/
VRT, Upian, Yami 2 Productions. (2017). Could you be happy without having children?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/541962/share-of-belgian-young-people-being-able-to-be-happy-without-children-by-age/
VRT, and Upian, and Yami 2 Productions. "Could You Be Happy without Having Children?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/541962/share-of-belgian-young-people-being-able-to-be-happy-without-children-by-age/
VRT & Upian & Yami 2 Productions, Could you be happy without having children? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/541962/share-of-belgian-young-people-being-able-to-be-happy-without-children-by-age/ (last visited January 29, 2022)
