Newsweek - As U.S. birth rates continue to fall to historic lows, a new study reveals the complex and uncertain reality behind Americans' family planning decisions—particularly among women who say they want children.
Roughly half of women who intend to have children are unsure whether they'll ever follow through, and many say they won't be especially upset if they don't, according to new research published in the journal Genus....
Using nearly two decades of data from the National Survey of Family Growth, researchers analyzed responses from more than 41,000 women aged from15–44.
The study, led by Ohio State PhD student Luca Badolato, found that while 62 percent of women consistently said they intended to have children, up to 50 percent of those respondents were only "somewhat sure" or "not at all sure" they would actually do so.
That uncertainty may be shaping the nation's fertility rate more than previously understood.
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