Poll: For those who have chosen not to have children, what influenced your decision?

Embracing and pursuing passions, goals and hobbies

44%

Career or educational aspirations

19%

Financial considerations and stability

63%

Freedom

50%

Concerns about physical health or medical reasons

44%

Concerns about mental health or medical reasons

63%

Making a conscious decision to reduce the carbon footprint

25%

Cynicism about humanity's future and cycles of injustice repeating

50%

Embracing a lifestyle of travel and adventure

19%

Concerns about the decline of Western civilization and its potential consequences

44%

Contributing to the betterment of society/environment through other means

6%

Seeking personal fulfillment in other areas of life

50%

More time to spend acquiring knowledge and skills

56%

Loss of faith in societal institutions and values

25%

Disillusionment with the inherent nature of human beings

38%

Flexibility of a more simplified child-free lifestyle

56%

Belief that having children may not bring personal happiness or fulfillment

63%

Focusing on nurturing relationships with friends and loved ones

25%

Feminist empowerment and / rejecting societal expectations and norms

19%

Breaking the Cycle

31%

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