A survey made by the Public Sentiments consultant revealed that 77% of centennials in the City of Buenos Aires want to have or already have children and that he 20% of young people they responded that they wouldn’t have them.
The investigation was carried out in the midst of a context that shows a 48% drop in the birth rate in CABAbetween the years 2016 and 2024. This is due to a certain economic uncertainty and their own professional ambitions.
Among the positive responses, two thirds believe that motherhood or fatherhood “it improved his life”while the other third assures that it is something that “sometimes he enjoys it and other times not so much”. For his part, the 13% stated that He does not have children but “he would have liked or would like to have” and the 10% remaining declared having chosen not have them.
Likewise, the 15% of centennials stated that they prefer to have pets to have children. This age group is the one that brings together young people from among 18 and 29 years.
The difference between men and women
The report also shows that women show lower satisfaction that men in the experience of having children, with a 10% difference. This is linked to the weight of pregnancy and the spotlight on motherhood.
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The percentage distance rises to a 24% difference in centennials, where the vast majority who are already mothers firmly chose the option that asserts that having children “It’s something that sometimes I enjoy and other times not so much”.
It is that by unifying all age sectors, men throw a older from becoming fathers than women from becoming mothersin similar differences.
Demands to the State
There are different demands of both genderswhere the order prevails better content in schoolsa neighborhood environment with greater securityadequate accompaniment in the use of technologies and the integration of those most vulnerable children.
However, the survey indicates that there continues to be a large assessment of the urban environmentsince only one 15% of respondents want to raise their children out of town.
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What do millennials prefer?
The report reports that satisfaction with motherhood and fatherhood is lower in millennials than in older citizens, taking into account that this age group ranges from 30 years old to 43 years old.
Furthermore, the 10% de adults in that age range responded that they postpone having children due to the strong economic uncertainty or professional ambitions of each one. That is where the report warns about trends of a possible population aging in CABA.
Source: Ambito
