Prevalence, age of decision, and interpersonal warmth judgements of childfree adults: Replication and extensions

Prevalence, age of decision, and interpersonal warmth judgements of childfree adults: Replication and extensions

Childfree individuals, who are also described as 'childless by choice' or 'voluntarily childless', have decided they do not want biological or adopted children. This is an important population to understand because its members have unique reproductive health and end-of-life needs...

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Published in:PloS one 2023-04, Vol.18 (4), p.e0283301-e0283301
Main Authors: Watling Neal, Jennifer, Neal, Zachary P
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Age
Analysis
Child
Child, Adopted
Decision-making
Economic aspects
Education
End of life
Estimates
Humans
Hypotheses
Judgment
Longitudinal studies
Medicine and Health Sciences
Parents
Parents & parenting
People and Places
Population
Population studies
Prevalence
Public opinion surveys
Replication
Reproduction
Reproductive health
Reproductive systems
Research and Analysis Methods
Social aspects
United States
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Summary:Childfree individuals, who are also described as 'childless by choice' or 'voluntarily childless', have decided they do not want biological or adopted children. This is an important population to understand because its members have unique reproductive health and end-of-life needs, and they encounter challenges managing work-life balance and with stereotypes. Prior estimates of childfree adults' prevalence in the United States, their age of decision, and interpersonal warmth judgements have varied widely over time and by study design. To clarify these characteristics of the contemporary childfree population, we conduct a pre-registered direct replication of a recent population-representative study. All estimates concerning childfree adults replicate, boosting confidence in earlier conclusions that childfree people are numerous and decide early in life, and that parents exhibit strong in-group favoritism while childfree adults do not.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203