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The researchers looked at
from 1,000 adults who took part in an MSU
. Ms Neal said: "We were most
by how many child-free people there are. We found that
than one in four people...identified as child-free, which is much
than...in previous studies." She said child-free people were more
than those with children, who were more
. She found that unsurprisingly, parents were more likely to be in a relationship. Around
of the child-free adults were single. Ms Neal also said child-free adults were a little
and less well-educated than parents or non-parents. She added that more research is needed to find out why people make the
to be child-free.
