Most People That Don't Want Children.. Just Don't Want Them

While recognizing and addressing fertility issues on a national level can help to avoid extremely low birth rates, in nearly every case — from the US, to Europe, to Asia — interventions to try to make people want to have children seem to eventually fail in the long-term.

Today, there is a growing trend of child-free lifestyles, appealing for some personal, political, or environmental reasons. One Pew Research study published in July found that 38% of adults aged 18-49 years-old who reported being unlikely to have children cited the “state of the world” as a major reason why, with 26% citing environmental concerns. However, most just said the simplest answer: they didn’t want them.

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