A UN survey of 14,000 adults suggests people aren’t simply choosing smaller families — one in five expect fewer children than they want, blocked less by a rejection of parenthood than by cost, insecure work and fear of the future

In June last year, the The United Nations Population Fund released its annual flagship report and challenged a common story about falling birth rates: that people, given freedom and prosperity, simply want fewer children. The State of World Population 2025 report, subtitled “The real fertility crisis: the pursuit of reproductive agency in a changing world,” [...] The post A UN survey of 14,000 adults suggests people aren’t simply choosing smaller families — one in five expect fewer children than