Baum has conducted several studies and identified four major reasons why women choose to be childfree. These include:
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Hedonists |
women who want to maintain their standard of living lifestyle and who do not wish to sacrifice their time, energy or money in raising children |
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Emotional |
women who have no emotional feelings for or affinity with babies or children (no ‘maternal instincts’) |
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Idealistic |
women who do not want to bring children into a world they feel is unsuitable or unsafe, or who do not want to contribute to overpopulation or environmental problems |
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Practical |
women who have a practical reason for remaining childfree, such as a wish to pursue their career, a preference to spend their time exclusively with a partner, or a fear of passing on a genetic disorder to children. |
By those definitions, put me down at about half and half emotional/practical.