Is America about to experience a baby bust?

Research by organizations such as the Pew Research Center and the Families and Work Institute has suggested that millennials are less likely to have children than previous generations. Now, a study comparing the 1992 and 2012 graduating classes of the Wharton Business School students offers more evidence that millennials believe that having children won't be possible, given the demands of work and social action they expect to shoulder.

The researcher, Wharton professor Stewart D. Friedman, is the author of "The Baby Bust."

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