Voluntary childlessness

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Voluntary childlessness or childfreeness is the choice to neither conceive nor adopt children. Use of the word childfree was first recorded in 1901 and entered common usage among second-wave feminists in the 1970s. The suffix -free refers to freedom and personal choice to choose not to have children. The availability of reliable birth control, the desire for greater financial security, increased life expectancy, and the ability to rely on one's own savings have made voluntary childlessness more common. Attitudes toward voluntary childlessness may vary significantly across cultures and regions, with differing levels of social acceptance and pronatalist expectations.

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