https://www.pewresearch.org/short-read/2021/11/19/growing-share-of-childless-adults-in-u-s-dont-expect-to-ever-have-children/
Growing share of childless adults in U.S. dont expect to ever have children
Some 44% of non-parents ages 18 to 49 say it is not too or not at all likely that they will have children someday, an increase of 7 percentage points from the 37% who said the same in a 2018 survey. Meanwhile, 74% of adults younger than 50 who are already parents say they are unlikely to have more kids, virtually unchanged since 2018.
Among parents and non-parents alike, men and women are equally likely to say they will probably not have kids (or more kids) in the future. Perhaps not surprisingly, adults in their 40s are far more likely than younger ones to say they are unlikely to have children or to have more children in the future. Some 85% of non-parents 40 to 49 say this, compared with 37% of those younger than 40. And while 91% of older parents say they probably wont have more kids, 60% of younger parents say the same.
A majority (56%) of non-parents younger than 50 who say its unlikely they will have children someday say they just dont want to have kids. Childless adults younger than 40 are more likely to say this than those ages 40 to 49 (60% vs. 46%, respectively). There are no differences by gender.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/more-us-adults-opting-to-never-have-children-pew-survey-finds
More and more adults in the United States are opting to never have children, which could lead to a potential "baby bust" in the future, according to a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center.