According to a survey conducted in 2024, 80 percent of adults aged 18 to 49 years who were unlikely to ever have children in the United States agreed that having time for hobbies and interests was a benefit to not being parents. A similar share also cited affording the things they want as an advantage of remaining childless, at 79 percent.
Share of childless adults aged 18 to 49 years who say that there are various advantages to not being parents in the United States in 2024
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Pew Research Center. (July 24, 2024). Share of childless adults aged 18 to 49 years who say that there are various advantages to not being parents in the United States in 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1483331/us-benefits-from-not-having-children/
Pew Research Center. "Share of childless adults aged 18 to 49 years who say that there are various advantages to not being parents in the United States in 2024." Chart. July 24, 2024. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1483331/us-benefits-from-not-having-children/
Pew Research Center. (2024). Share of childless adults aged 18 to 49 years who say that there are various advantages to not being parents in the United States in 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1483331/us-benefits-from-not-having-children/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Childless Adults Aged 18 to 49 Years Who Say That There Are Various Advantages to Not Being Parents in The United States in 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1483331/us-benefits-from-not-having-children/
Pew Research Center, Share of childless adults aged 18 to 49 years who say that there are various advantages to not being parents in the United States in 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1483331/us-benefits-from-not-having-children/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Share of childless adults aged 18 to 49 years who say that there are various advantages to not being parents in the United States in 2024 [Graph], Pew Research Center, July 24, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1483331/us-benefits-from-not-having-children/