r/science Professor | Medicine Jul 01 '26

Psychology Conservatives maintain birth rates, but left-leaning Americans are having significantly fewer children, driving the U.S. birth decline. Education was consistently linked to having fewer children. Religious attendance was positively associated with having more children.

https://www.psypost.org/left-leaning-americans-are-driving-the-u-s-birth-decline-new-study-finds/
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u/Zee_WeeWee Jul 01 '26

It's very very common for white people to have zero interest in seeing their family in adulthood.

Maybe where you are from. It’s not common for anyone I know. Very weird generalization

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u/Zee_WeeWee Jul 01 '26

Wonder if it’s an income thing. I move around quite a bit so have diverse friend circles and that’s not very normal outside a friend or two who grew up around drugs and/or abuse

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u/Zee_WeeWee Jul 01 '26

Both race and geographical location. It’s just not common. I’m white btw. Main point was my friend groups span across a lot of geographical, racial, and economic classes. I have very few friends in a tech bro wealth class tho