childlessness
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thumb|Childlessness at the age of 30 Childlessness is the state of not having children. Childlessness may have personal, social or political significance.
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Types
- Voluntary
- Involuntary
- Statistics in the United States
- Statistics in Europe
- Solutions for involuntary childlessness
- Contraception
- Impacts
- Personal
- Psychological
- Political
- Social
- Stigma
- Possible positive impacts
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Childlessness at the age of 30 Childlessness is the state of not having children. Childlessness may have personal, social or political significance.
Childlessness, which may be by choice or circumstance, is distinguished from voluntary childlessness, also called being "childfree", which is voluntarily having no children, and from antinatalism, wherein childlessness is promoted.
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