June 10 (UPI) -- The United Nations Population Fund, or UNFPA, announced Tuesday that while some may worry about a population decline and how it could impact a country's survival, the bigger crisis is that people are not having children when they want, or when they're truly ready.
According to a press release from UNFPA, a survey it conducted across 14 countries and involving 14,000 people found that about one in five respondents said they wouldn't be able to have the number of children they would like.
"The issue is lack of choice, not desire, with major consequences for individuals and societies," UNFPA's Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem said. "That is the real fertility crisis, and the answer lies in responding to what people say they need: paid family leave, affordable fertility care, and supportive partners."
The study found that from those who were asked, most people assumed they would have more or fewer children than expected from them, or no kids at all.
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