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Far more adults don't want children than previously thought

  • Written by Jennifer Watling Neal, Associate Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
imageThe study found that child-free people were just as satisfied with their lives as those with kids.Aleksandr Faustov/EyeEm via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-NC-ND

Fertility rates in the United States have plunged to record lows, and this could be related to the fact that more people are choosing not to have children.

But just how many “child-free”...

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