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posted ago by RandomNumber ago by RandomNumber +52 / -1

Americans want more kids, survey says

https://farmersforum.com/americans-want-more-kids-survey-says/

... Gallup started tracking this data in 1936 and found then that 64 % of Americans wanted at least three children. The preference for three children peaked at 77 % in 1945.

While preferences for family size do not significantly differ between genders, demographic factors change everything. Most groups, from young adults aged 18-29, blacks and Hispanics to Republicans, conservative independents and lower-income earners prefer more children. Democrats, non-religious individuals and the wealthy want fewer children, one or two at most. ...

That's a reasonably healthy sign.

However, inability to conceive is the sticking point, and that has multiple causes, from declining sperm counts to extended education that delays marriage past the optimum fertility window--once upon a time, women were married at 18 or 19 and now its late 20s early 30s.