Nearly one in five people in 14 countries do not expect to have the number of children they desire, largely because of economic and social barriers, according to a UN study.
“Fertility rates are falling, in large part because many feel unable to create the families they want, and that is the real crisis,” said Natalia Kanem, executive director at the United Nations Population Fund, which is behind the report published on Tuesday.
Prohibitive costs of raising children, job insecurity, housing, the lack of a suitable partner and sexism were all obstacles to parenthood, Kanem said, adding: “Women in particular are being unfairly blamed.”
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