Starting a Family

Compared with previous generations in the United States, men today are starting families later in life and having fewer children. As a result birthrates in the United States have dropped sharply, and some men never make the transition into parenthood. Using data from the 2006-2010 National Survey of...

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Published in:	American journal of men's health Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 198 - 205
Main Authors:	Kessler, Lawrence M, Craig, Benjamin M, Saigal, Christopher, Quinn, Gwendolyn P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thousand Oaks SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC 01.05.2013 SAGE Publishing
Subjects:	Cohabitation United States > US
ISSN:	1557-9883, 1557-9891
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Summary:	Compared with previous generations in the United States, men today are starting families later in life and having fewer children. As a result birthrates in the United States have dropped sharply, and some men never make the transition into parenthood. Using data from the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth, this study examines the characteristics of childless men in the United States between the ages of 15 and 44 (N = 6,168) and whether these men want to have a child sometime in the future. Our main finding is that the majority of childless men want a child someday; however, by the age of 45 more than 1 in 7 still remain childless.
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ISSN:	1557-9883 1557-9891
DOI:	10.1177/1557988312465106