According to a survey conducted in 2024, ** 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 ** percent said that they wanted to focus on other things, while ** percent cited concerns about the state of the world.
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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 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 25, 2026, from /statistics/1483315/us-main-reasons-for-not-having-children/
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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: /statistics/1483315/us-main-reasons-for-not-having-children/
