If a person wants more children, but they have none or fewer, will they be unhappy?

If a person wants more children, but they have none or fewer, will they be unhappy?

Sample: 23 843 participants aged 18 to 100 years.

Participants reported their actual number of children, as well as their ideal-desired number, and then completed questionnaires on general life satisfaction, including family satisfaction, as well as work satisfaction and emotional balance (frequency of negative and positive emotions).

Shown: satisfaction with personal and family life, as well as emotional balance, is lower when the actual number of children is greater than the ideal-desired number. In all other cases, the indicators are approximately the same, including if they cannot have children at all, have fewer children, or the actual number equals the desired number. Regardless of whether it is a person’s choice or a combination of circumstances - if you have as many children as you wanted or fewer, then everything is fine.

Do you want to have children? 🦄Yes 🐳No

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