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July 22, 2024

3. Relationships and caregiving among adults without children

About 4 in 10 older women who don’t have kids say they felt pressure from society to have children

About 4 in 10 older women who don’t have kids say they felt pressure from society to have children

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3. Relationships and caregiving among adults without children
Majorities of adults ages 50 and older without children say not having kids hasn’t impacted their relationships
For adults ages 50 and older without children, pressure to have kids was more likely to come from family and society than from friends or partners
About 4 in 10 older women who don’t have kids say they felt pressure from society to have children
A majority of adults ages 50 and older who don’t have children are close with at least one niece or nephew
About a third of older adults without kids say they, rather than a sibling, would provide more care for their parents
Not having kids is not a top reason some adults 50 and older without children would provide more care than their siblings would if a parent needed it
A majority of adults under 50 who don’t have kids say whether they’ll have them rarely or never comes up in conversation
Many adults under 50 who say they’re unlikely to have children know friends who have kids or plan to have them
78% of single adults under 50 who say they’re unlikely to have kids report that this hasn’t impacted their dating life