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Orianna Rosa Royle

DINKs would rather keep their current lifestyle than splash out on childcare

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Elon Musk says society will “crumble” if people don't have more children. Unfortunately for him, the number of people who don't want to be parents is only growing. Even DINKs—that’s “double income, no kids”—who have the means to raise children are turning up their noses at the idea.

MarketWatch Guides surveyed 1,000 DINKs and found that the current climate (read: political unrest, global warming, multiple wars) is putting couples off procreating.

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