I'm Childfree and I Vote!
Education, age, and residential stability are the biggest predictors in whether a person votes in elections, but it turns out that family structure (married or unmarried, with or without children) plays a big role too. Unsurprisingly (to me, at least), childless couples are more likely to vote than those with kids.
From an article on physorg.com:
Married citizens are leaders in voter turnout. Married couples, who account for 58 percent of adult citizens, were 65 percent of the voters in 2000. Childless married couples have turnout rates at least seven percent above other childless adults.
This is a great statistic to have handy the next time someone tells you that childfree people aren't contributing to society. We are, just not by burdening it with more kids.
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From an article on physorg.com:
Married citizens are leaders in voter turnout. Married couples, who account for 58 percent of adult citizens, were 65 percent of the voters in 2000. Childless married couples have turnout rates at least seven percent above other childless adults.
This is a great statistic to have handy the next time someone tells you that childfree people aren't contributing to society. We are, just not by burdening it with more kids.
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