The Family Divide: Why Fertility Rates Tend to Track Ideology A recent report from the Institute for Family Studies highlights a significant trend in the United States: conservative Americans are having more children than their liberal counterparts.
This phenomenon has sparked debate among academics and demographers about its causes and implications.
The study, which polled over 7,000 Americans aged 18 to 54, found that self identified conservatives had an average of 1. 4 children, while liberals averaged just 1. 09.