percentage wise, how many people in America choose not to have children?
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i don't know but why would you even want to know that??? but my guess would be maybe like 20 or 30%
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Think of it this way - not everybody in the world is having a child, or 2 children. And besides, there are ways that our world can cope with an expanding population. It's in countries where we can't cope that there's a problem. Have all the babies you want, so long as you can nurture them and care for them. Just don't build a giant house and don't support subdivisions. That's where it starts to hurt the Earth.
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approx 1 in 83 or 1.20% or 3.3 million people in USA...;
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The total number of adoptions each year has not been comprehensively compiled since 1992. \n\nStates with the highest number of adoptions are states with greater populations. In 1992, California lead with 14,722 adoptions. New York was second with 9,570, Texas third with 8,235, Florida fourth with 6,839, and Illinois fifth with 6,599 adoptions. (Flango and Flango, 1994)
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yeah i would say its a high number, probably something like your guess of 65 or 70%. America has such a high population of obese people... its really sad, and very unhealthy.
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There live about 6 billion people on the Earth, so it's about 1/6 of the worlds population. Don't know how much % that is... sorry...
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74.5 % of people of working age.  80% of the population are of working age -  so 59.6% of the total population (including the elderly, children, disabled, pregnant etc.)
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I just asked everyone (all 6 billion of them) and the answer is 37.83%.  38% like him, 13% are neutral, and 11% don't care.  I'm in the last group.
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Arguably, it would be to oppose Abstinence only education as is pushed by the fed gov't and contained in Welfare Reform.  You may find this interesting but certainly the CDC is another site to look at to get data.  \nhttp://www.nonewmoney.org/
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I find it interesting that there even IS such a push to get rid of abortion. Poll after poll of Americans all over the country has shown that while a majority doesn't much like abortion, they still think it's not the government's business to tell a woman what to do. \nPersonally, I believe there should be a major educational campaign to reduce unplanned pregnancy. The US has among the highest number of unplanned pregnancies in the industrialized world (nearly half of the 6 million pregnancies that occur each year among American women are unintended. Of those, 1.4 million result in births, and 1.3 million result in abortion). Women and men should be properly eductated and realize that sex can lead to pregnancy (obviously, too many don't) and that there are ways to reduce that risk very dramatically. Abortion is not a form of birth control. \nBut even if education were perfect, there would still be unwanted pregnancies, and women would keep trying to get rid of unwanted babies. In communist Roumania having an abortion was a crime, for both the woman and whoever helped her. Women were forcibly tested when there was suspicion of an abortion. Punishment was prison, often more than 10 years. And still women kept getting them, desperate NOT to have the baby. Many died through botched abortions. \nMaking abortions illegal will not stop them, it will just make sure more women have them done by back-alley butchers.
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The statistics speak for themselves. In 2005 according to the World Almanac, there were 1,500,000+ abortions in the United States reported. That averages out to over 4,000 a day, which is more than the number of troops lost in Iraq, and more than those killed in the WTC attackers. Additionally, tally up the American casualties in EVERY war we've had and it'd still be less than 1,500,000. So imagine in one year having the American Revolution, Civil War, World War One, World War Two, Vietnam War, Korean War (where we actually lost more than in Vietnam), Iraq Wars, and every other war, and squeeze all those casualties into just one year, and you'd still have less than the number of abortions. Also not even 1,500,000 people died from Cancer, Heart Disease, Strokes, and AIDS combined. I could maybe bite my lip and grant that 4,000 may have to happen each year because of severe heath risks to the mother, but 1,500,000 a year is genocide.\n\nThink about it, if you smash an eagle egg you will be put in prison. Eagles are more valuable than human beings apparently, and the eagles don't even pay taxes.\n\nOddly, I believe it was in Vermont, that they listed -1,000 abortions in 2005. I wondered, "What is a negative-abortion? Does the baby come out and kill the doctor?"
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Pro=choice.\n\nAs a male, I don't feel I have any right to dictate to someone else to have a child. \n\nMany children are not wanted! Many children are born addicted to cocaine! We have throw away children, many who are prostitutes and drug abusers at 15. Many come from broken homes. Many drop out of school, Many are physically and sexually abused, and most of the children who end up on Medicaid or some other assistance program, which are meager anyway, have to hear from the other side about how terrible they are. \n\nMany unwanted children have children because they want someone to love them! They are the victims in this country who  are blamed for our failure to live up to OUR part. Many want to force women to have children, and when they do,  they do not want to provide the help they need. They breed a cycle of mothers who are children, but they do nothing except cast stones and blame THEM for OUR failure..\n\nAnd we breed a cycle of children with attachment disorders, behavioral issues and mental issues. We don't want to help them either!\n\nI feel that until those who want to place their moral judgment, not Gods, on women by forcing them to have children should pay for those kids until they graduate from college. Until they can do that, their judgmental attitudes are underwhelming!\n\nWomen, especially young, were not intended to become baby factories for the wealthy. One reason i heard a woman say the reason she wanted to adopt was she didn't want to mess up "her" body. The reality is most women who carry a child to term do not give up their child for adoption.\n\nStone throwing Christians make me sick! The moral police I have no words that I can type that would tell you the true depths of my feelingsof them.
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US\n      47% FEMALE\n      48% MALE\n        5% OTHER
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My guess would be approximately 2.5 billion.  I love children!!!
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According to this study, 17.2%.  See link.
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i would say the majority are americans
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No, I don't think there would be as many people.  There would still be those that would have sex to procreate, because they do want a family.  \n\nBut it's such a large group that wouldn't have children that I feel it would affect the number of people on earth. There are those that have "surprises" due to having sex because it's an enjoyable experience.  They may have wanted children anyway, but it's possible they wouldn't have had as many.  Or for those of us that don't want children at all, there may have been a few surprises that definitely wouldn't occur if we didn't have sex.\n\nGood question.  :)