title: Starting a family: characteristics associated with men's reproductive preferences.
abstract: Compared with previous generations in the United States, men today are starting families later in life and having fewer children. As a result birthrates in the United States have dropped sharply, and some men never make the transition into parenthood. Using data from the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth, this study examines the characteristics of childless men in the United States between the ages of 15 and 44 (N = 6,168) and whether these men want to have a child sometime in the future. Our main finding is that the majority of childless men want a child someday; however, by the age of 45 more than 1 in 7 still remain childless.
authors.affiliation: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612-9416, USA. lawrence.kessler@moffitt.org
authors.forename: Lawrence M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: Benjamin M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saigal
authors.forename: Gwendolyn P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Quinn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010332:Paternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D043762:Reproductive Behavior / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult