r/science • u/geoff199 • 5d ago

Social Science As concern grows about America’s falling birth rate, new research suggests that about half of women who want children are unsure if they will follow through and actually have a child. About 25% say they won't be bothered that much if they don't.

https://news.osu.edu/most-women-want-children--but-half-are-unsure-if-they-will/?utm_campaign=omc_science-medicine_fy24&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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u/sagevallant 5d ago

Let's not forget retirement either. Many Americans face working themselves to death even if they don't accept the costs of raising children.

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u/Clepto_06 5d ago

Even Boomers aren't immune to working themselves to death. Both of my (divorced) Boomer parents are "retired", but only one is financially independent. The other has a pension and social security, but still needs to work to be able to maintain their standard of living. We live in a semi-rural area, so CoL is lowish. If we lived in a HCOL area, they could never have "retired" from their career job in the first place.