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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While some of you may "feel" like 3+ kid families are becoming more common, this is almost certainly self-selection bias, with people who have 3+ kids, or want 3+ kids, gravitating to the same communities. The birth rate is the lowest it's been in years, with fewer people having kids and those that are having kids, having fewer. 3+ child families definitely are not more common than they used to be.

Though interestingly, larger families are more desirable according to stated preferences than they were a few years ago: https://news.gallup.com/poll/511238/americans-preference-larger-families-highest-1971.aspx#:~:text=In%20all%2C%2031%25%20of%20U.S.,having%20two%20children%20as%20ideal.

But the preference for larger families is not actually translating to having larger families, likely because American culture does not support it, especially financially. So while more people say they want 3 or more kids, fewer people are actually having this many.

[b]Also, people with 4+ kids are most likely to state that their own family size is less desirable than smaller families, strongly backing up the idea that many people with larger families had "oops" babies.[/b][/quote]

Where did you get this from?  I know lots of people with 4+ kids (including myself) and have never heard anyone say this.[/quote]

It's in the Gallup data at the link. People with none or one are also more likely to say that bigger families than theirs are more desirable, but since many people with none or one will go on to have more, it means something different

People with 2 or 3 are most likely to report that their ideal family size is the one the currently have.[/quote]

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