'We found no evidence that older child-free adults experience any more life regret than older parents.'
, examined data from a survey of 1,000 adults and found that "20.9 percent of adults in Michigan do not want children, which closely matches our earlier estimate of 21.6 percent, and means that over 1.6 million people in Michigan are child-free," said co-author Jennifer Watling Neal, MSU psychology professor, in a"Michigan is demographically similar to the United States as a whole, so this could mean 50 million to 60 million Americans are child-free," she added.
The desire to have children is an extremely relevant topic these days, particularly because of a changing political landscape, resulting in sometimes severe restrictions being placed on access to reproductive healthcare in certain states. "States’ restrictions on reproductive health care may result in many people being forced to have children despite not wanting them, which is very concerning," Neal said in the statement.
The team is now investigating how abortion restrictions could affect people's choice to not have children, particularly outside of Michigan.
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