Told you. Full on disaster:
DATA: 50% of Millennials, Gen Zers Want to ‘Focus on Themselves’ Instead of Having Kids.
Only just over half of millennials and Gen Z – 55 percent – say they are planning to start a family, citing the environment, finances, and career aspirations, among others, as deterrents, research from OnePoll has found.
One-quarter of the 1,000 18 to 34-year-olds surveyed stated that they have completely “ruled out” having children, with another 20 percent unsure whether they would do in the future. More than half believe that it was not important to have children to “feel fulfilled in their lives.”
The most common reason for not wanting children was so that people could have “more time to focus” on themselves at 49 percent. Financial issues were another prevalent concern at 47 percent, followed by “fears about the state of the world” – 38 percent – and concern “about the impact on the environment” – 35 percent.
“For generations, having children has just been the done thing, but it seems younger people are now deciding against this more and more,” said a spokesman for OnePoll to the Times of London.
https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/07/28/data-50-of-millennials-gen-zers-want-to-focus-on-themselves-instead-of-having-kids/