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Politics and Parenthood: Why Liberals Are Having Fewer Kids Than Conservatives

America’s cultural divide now extends to parenthood.

A new report from the Institute for Family Studies states that a fertility gap has opened up between the Left and the Right. Based on a survey of 7,000 Americans, age 18 to 54, the study found that conservative respondents had on average 1.40 children, compared to 1.09 for liberals.

A birth rate of 2.1 children per woman is the minimum to sustain a population. More than half of liberal respondents reported having no children at all, compared to 40% of conservatives.

“Progressives are more likely to look at marriage and parenthood as decent options to consider but not necessarily as primary vocations,” Brad Wilcox, IFS senior fellow, told the Daily Signal. “Conservatives are more likely to see marriage, motherhood and fatherhood as core parts of their identity.”

Religion likely plays a key role.

“In the U.S. and in other parts of the world, political conservatives tend to be more religious than political liberals, and more religious people tend to have more kids,” Tom Vogl, an economics professor at the University of California, San Diego, told the Daily Signal.

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Religious parents are “more likely to be grounded in the idea of a purpose that is found outside ourselves,” JP De Gance, president of Communio, a family advocacy, told the Daily Signal.

Those on the Left often find that purpose in career or social........

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