Study: 39% of Young Adults Cited Climate Change as a Reason for Not Wanting Children
https://medium.com/@hrnews1/study-39-of-young-adults-cited-climate-change-as-a-reason-for-not-wanting-children-721a4fd7c7af
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Isoprenoid@programming.dev · 9 pts · 1y
I'm having trouble finding the primary source for the 39% figure. Medium doesn't directly link it. They link to this source when they quote the 39% figure but that source doesn't have the figure.
I skimmed over the sources linked in that source and still couldn't find the figure.
I'm just wanting the original study. Sharing your sources isn't this hard.
Edit: I found a study that has a similar figure, but it required independent searching. Medium needs to do better with their citations.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00278-3/fulltext
Here is the table where subjects were asked: “Does climate change make you feel any of the following?”
"I am hesitant to have children" has a collective response of 39.1%, and it's not the most popular response compared to the other negative feelings listed.
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showFullTableHTML?isHtml=true&tableId=tbl2&pii=S2542-5196%2821%2900278-3
franklin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
looming environmental collapse discourages people from having children. More at 11