UNFPA: 95% of childless people in Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, actually want children

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In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 95% of childless people are not so by choice: they want children but cannot have them or do not dare to conceive for a range of reasons.

Source: the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), citing its findings at the Leading Change demographic conference in Skopje, North Macedonia

Details: UNFPA will publish the full results of the study, based on a survey in 73 countries, in July.

Researchers surveyed respondents aged 18-39 in 73 countries, including Ukraine. They also compared data from 11 countries in the EECA region, which includes Eastern Europe and Central Asia, with data from 11 other countries.