How many people are choosing not to have children

? ? ? ? ? A Few Questions / A Few Misconceptions ? ? ? ? ?

Why is it you say that 'DINKS' is an 'inaccurate' description for childless couples?
What are the statistics - how many people choose not to have children?
What are the demographics of these people?
What type of people are they? Are they professionals?
What is the most common reason why couples choose not to have children?
How do they arrive at their decision to be childfree?
What are the biggest misconceptions about people who choose not to have
kids?
Are their backgrounds different than those who want to have kids?
Are marriages without children happier than those with children?
Won't child free couples have regrets about their decision as they get older, e.g., that
they'll be alone and lonely, that they will not have left a legacy?
What is most difficult for those who make the decision to be childfree?
What are the best aspects of a life that does not include parenthood?
Why do childless couples get married, if they aren't going to have a family?
What is the criteria to help couples make the best decision for them - whether to have children or
not?

Misconceptions

Childfree couples lack maturity, and the unwillingness to undertake responsibility;

Childfree couples do not like children;

Childfree couple do not have enough patience to raise children;

Childfree don't have children because they had difficult childhoods;

They are selfish and self abosorbed;

They are upper class, white collar people with lots of disposable income (and
they spend it!);

They will be sorry when they are old and lonely;

Their lives are "incomplete";

They are different from everyone else.

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