Posted on 06/13/2025 10:14:18 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A new survey by the UN Population Fund shows that the most common reasons people name for not having more children are financial in nature.
As Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports, among 14 countries surveyed, respondents named financial limitations or job instability as the most common reasons to have fewer children than they desired in all.
Commonly, financial reasons, also including housing and childcare costs, made up the top 2 or even top 3 of the issues most often cited for lower fertility, for example in India, Indonesia, South Korea, South Africa, Brazil, Morocco, Hungary and Germany.
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In South Korea, the country with the lowest fertility rate in the world, many respondents agreed that the cost of childrearing was prohibitive.
In developing countries, common and mostly financial reasons for limiting family size were shared among a large number of respondents, while in developed countries, these barriers were perceived as somewhat lower but still affecting many.
In Sweden, only 19 percent named financial limitations - still the most common answer. This was followed by lack of a suitable partners and infertility/problems conceiving.
Lack of a partners or the partner wanting fewer children was more commonly found among the top 3 reasons to have fewer children in the Western world, even though it was also the third-most cited issue in South Africa. Brazil's top 3 reasons was concern about the social and political situation in the future, while in Morocco, this rank was occupied by chronic health conditions or poor health in general.
Correct.
When I got married me and my wife were up in the air about having kids. But the hot tub and two bottles of wine showed up on a Saturday night and things happened. 😎😎😎. Got two wonderful sons. 🕺🕺
Stop LEGAL immigration and wages will go up. Simple as that.
I can’t help but point out the low IQ in this silly claim.
I think your pride is a little weird.
A family with more children becomes a family with greater wealth.
When a country has more families with more children the country becomes more wealthy.
America’s enemies know this, so they try to make us think having children is costly.
It’s a lie, and America’s enemies lie because they have low IQs.
Telling more lies will not increase the IQ of America’s enemies.
“A family with more children becomes a family with greater wealth.”
Clearly that’s a rash generalization.
Have ya been to Walmart?
If you can have 10 kids and watch them run around like weeds in poverty go for it.
Actually having kids threw us into debt and poverty for 20 years.
I’m not talking about single parent families.
You should understand this point. Doesn’t take a genius.
No it didn’t.
I am talking about MY experience.
Review what our great economists have said about this.
Having a family creates wealth.
From the article:
[...] the most common reasons people name for not having more children are financial in nature.So M'bongo and his three wives stopped after child #19 because they felt that they couldn't afford it.
Regards,
Having children doesn’t lead to poverty.
Not making enough money does.
Where does wealth come from?
It comes from being productive.
Have kids, teach them values, and they will produce wealth.
“I’m not talking about single parent families.”
Neither was I. You should understand this point. Doesn’t take a genius.
Clearly you are ignorant.i busted my ass and we went into serious debt and lived on the edge for 2 decades. Most Americans who live in realville know what I am talking about.
Then speak clearly.
Not speaking clearly suggests deceptive intent.
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