WINNING: New Study Finds Liberals Skipping Parenthood Over Mental Health Worries While Conservatives Build Families
A new report from the Institute for Family Studies reveals a clear and growing ideological divide in American fertility rates, with conservatives averaging significantly more children than liberals. The post WINNING: New Study Finds Liberals Skipping Parenthood Over Mental Health Worries While Conservatives Build Families appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
TL;DR
- Conservatives average 1.4 children, while liberals average 1.09 children.
- 51% of liberals have no children, compared to 40% of conservatives.
- Liberals are more likely to cite mental health, bad genetics, and parenting stress as reasons for not having children.
- Liberals are more likely to perceive parenting as complicated, difficult, and stressful.
- Conservatives prefer an ideal family size of 2.71 children, moderates 2.43, and liberals 2.16.
- The partisan fertility gap has widened since 1994.