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| Why people really stopped having kids: New study uncovers the surprising reasons families are shrinking |
| 2026-11-03 |
| [FOX] The survey of nearly 10,000 respondents across more than a dozen countries points to culture, finding that peer pressure, anxiety about the future and the rise of "pet parenting" strongly influence whether couples choose to start or grow a family. "Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn have six kids each. Their hipster neighbors have 1.6 kids each," Lyman Stone, senior fellow and director of the Pronatalism Initiative at the Institute for Family Studies, told Fox News Digital. "They live in the same economy. They have very different outcomes. Why? Different culture." |
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