Show 43: Excerpt - Childlessness Rates Up; Changing Social Attitudes
A recent Pew Research study found that rates of childlessness among all women are on the rise, while rates of childlessness among women with advanced degrees are decreasing. We ask: could this be due to increasingly tolerant social attitudes towards women who aren't mothers?
The report refers to the General Social Survey data which examined social attitudes towards those without kids by asking (click statements for survey results):
A marriage without children is not fully complete: strongly disagree ... strongly agree.
People who have never had children lead empty lives: strongly agree ... strongly disagree.
Dr. Gretchen Livingston, a Senior Researcher at the Pew Research Foundation, spoke with producer Sarah Gonzales from her office in Washington D.C.
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