Dinks — the dual income, no kids cohort who have been triggering conservatives on TikTok — appear to be one of America’s fastest growing demographics.
A growing share of American adults under 50 say they never plan to have children, according to new Pew polling. In 2018, 37% of those under 50 said they are unlikely to ever have kids, but that’s jumped to 47% in under a decade. Of that proportion, 57% give the primary reason that they don’t want to.
New Pew:
Share of young adults, esp. y women, who say they are “unlikely” to have kids is surging.*
Biggest reason: “Just don’t want to”.
* Among those who are currently childless. pic.twitter.com/978vmoIyqp
— Brad Wilcox (@BradWilcoxIFS) July 25, 2024
Much to the chagrin of the oft-piled-upon millennials, it appears that wanting to buy overpriced avocado toast and the like may actually be playing a role here. Most childless under-50s say they “just don’t want to” — not climate change or a housing shortage — as their reason. Further, the vast majority of the never-parents crowd said they felt they had more time for hobbies and could spend more freely without kids. Is the US the next South Korea?
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