Childlessness in America
October 19th, 2012




Take a guess as what percentage of Americans finished their reproductive years without having children today.

Now take a guess as to what that rate was in 1970.

Answers here.

Update: Via Galley Friend J.E.: Obviously, there are exceptions to the child-free rule:

World’s oldest new dad is 96

He could be a great-great-grandfather. But at 96, an Indian man is the world’s oldest new dad.

Ramjeet Raghav and his 52-year-old wife, Shakuntala Devi, gave birth to their second son on Oct. 5, according to the Times of India.

He met Devi 10 years ago after practicing a life of celibacy. . . .

  1. Galley Friend J.E. October 20, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    Once we boomers got our hands on the country, we wanted to make sure that it wasn’t worth passing on to yet another generation. Mission accomplished.

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  2. James Vader October 21, 2012 at 2:31 pm

    Say John, where am I going to go get that book on demography you’ve got coming out soon? I don’t buy books online, but for your stuffz I make ze exception.

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