[quote=barnaby33]I’d be curious to know why woemen chose to have x or y kids? UCGal does your quick tally break down kids/family by nationality or age?
I’ve never felt any pressure to have kids, but most people seem to. I’m just curious what drives the number they envision having.
Josh[/quote]
Married younger correlates to more kids. There are a couple of us older moms that skew it to fewer kids (and hence some of the secondary infertility).
Nationality – the vast majority of the members of that board are US Citizens, Caucasian (although some are in mixed race marriages). The Canadians, Icelandic, and Israeli members have 3 or less kids.
Education also seems to be a factor. The younger moms who have lots of kids also have less education, on average. This is a pretty educated group considering it started as a Parents Place Expecting club board (and migrated to a private board years ago).
We have one member who has no kids… she’s friends with one of the other members.
Keep in mind – this is not a typical cross section. These women all have kids (with one exception) That’s our common bond… 8 year olds. (Wow – that community has been together for 9 years now… we formed when we were preggers.) It’s not a cross section because it’s made up of women of child bearing age who chose to have children who are computer literate and have access to the internet. That skews it towards middle class breeders.
