Spotlight More than 1 in 5 US adults don’t want children Jennifer Watling Neal, Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University Aug 3, 2022 Aug 3, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Americans are deciding to be childfree at a far younger age than previously thought. Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ImageskAmu62CD 23@FE 564=:?:?8 76CE:=:EJ C2E6D 92G6 4@>6 7C@> D@FC46D 2D 5:G6CD6 2D k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]?34?6HD]4@>^E9:?<^@A:?:@?^A@A6\7C2?4:D\4=2:>D\A6ED\C6A=24:?8\49:=5C6?\>2?J\72>:=:6D\D6=7:D9\D\?4?2`agf`c_Qm!@A6 uC2?4:Dk^2m 2?5 %6D=2 rt~ k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^EH:EE6C]4@>^6=@?>FD<^DE2EFD^`dcd_ce`cedcg_`ha_`Qmt=@? |FD<k^2m] %96 &]$] $FAC6>6 r@FCE’D 564:D:@? :? s@33D G] y24<D@? 4@F=5 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]H2D9:?8E@?A@DE]4@>^@FE=@@<^a_aa^_e^ac^5@33D\C@6\7@C465\AC68?2?4J^Qm7@C46 H@>6? 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Americans are deciding to be childfree at a far younger age than previously thought. Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images
