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Finally one of these surveys that even allows for the answer that people just aren't interested. It is always hilarious how this sociology field only attracts
by vmception 5y ago
Finally one of these surveys that even allows for the answer that people just aren't interested.
It is always hilarious how this sociology field only attracts people that think children are the most fulfilling thing they ever did and everyone else must want that so there must therefore be some other problem like economics.
Turns out the onion satire article was spot on
https://www.theonion.com/study-finds-american-women-delaying-motherhood-because-1847112786 https://www.theonion.com/study-finds-american-women-delaying...
- dionidium 5y agoI can't read that article, because I don't have a WaPo login, but previous evidence indicates that people are having fewer children than they'd like to. See here: * https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/upshot/american-fertility-is-falling-short-of-what-women-want.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/upshot/american-fertility... Matthew Yglesias also touches on this in this interview about his book, One Billion Americans, which argues (in part) for more pronatalist policies: * https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/21449512/matt-yglesias-one-billion-americans https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/21449512/matt-yglesias-on... It turns out that it's really difficult and expensive to raise children and more people will want to do it if you make it less so.
- vmception 5y agoIts a funnel which hasn't been considering the subset that just doesn't want them. It doesn't quantify the size of that subset. It takes the answer with the most externalities (economy, debt, cultural ability to provide) and elevates that as the answer.