It\u0027s often assumed that less fertility is better. But a new poll found that some Canadian women had fewer children than they wanted. Read on
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The dominant cultural tendency to pretend low fertility is always a gift misses the mark of what women actually experience and think, according to this survey. The question of why women wait to have children — sometimes indefinitely — is complex.
The poll responses point to a cultural life script that prioritizes education, money and work. Autonomy, not interdependence. By the time we complete years of expensive schooling, we need to focus on career both for personal satisfaction and to pay off debt. “No suitable partner” is another obvious barrier to having children: fertility is still correlated with marriage, which we’re also increasingly postponing.
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