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Our Peer-reviewed Research on childfree adults

Neal, J. W., and Neal, Z. P. (2021). Prevalence and characteristics of childfree adults in Michigan (USA). PLOS One, 16, e0252528. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252528. (data)

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Neal, Z. P. and Neal, J. W. (2022). Prevalence, age of decision, and interpersonal warmth judgements of childfree adults. Scientific Reports, 12, 11907. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15728-z  (data)

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Neal, Z. P. and Neal, J. W. (2022). Neighborhood satisfaction and reproductive status. PLOS One, 17: e0273082. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273082 (data)

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Neal, J. W. and Neal, Z. P. (2023). Prevalence, Age of Decision, and Interpersonal Warmth Judgements of Childfree Adults: Replication and Extensions. PLOS One, 18, e0283301. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283301 (data)

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Neal, Z. P. and Neal, J. W. (2023). childfree in a family-friendly neighborhood. Contexts, 22, 66-67. https://doi.org/10.1177/15365042231192502 (free version, data)

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Neal, Z. P. and Neal, J. W. (2024). A framework for studying adults who neither have nor want children. The Family Journal, 32, 121-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807231198869  (free version, data)

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Neal. Z. P. and Neal, J. W. (2024). Prevalence of childfree adults before and after Dobbs v Jackson in Michigan (USA). PLOS One, 19, e0294459. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294459 (data)

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Neal, Z. P. and Neal, J. W. (2024). Sample, time, and wording effects on estimating the prevalence of childfree adults: Insights from Japan. PLOS One, 19, e0302184. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302184 (data)

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Neal, J. W. and Neal, Z. P. (In press). The Stereotypes About Childfree Adults (SAChA) Scale: Development, Validation, and Demographic Correlates. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000827 (free version, data)

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Neal, Z. P. and Neal, J. W. (In press). Estimating the percentage of men who are childfree using the National Survey of Family Growth: A comment on Bozick (2023). Journal of Marriage and Family. (free version, data)

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The {childfree} package for R

The {childfree} package for R imports demographic data from a variety of public data sources, extracting and harmonizing variables useful for the study of childfree individuals. Currently the package provides access to data from the MSU State of the State Survey (Michigan), the CDC National Survey of Family Growth (United States), and the USAID Demographic and Health Surveys Program (multiple developing countries).

From R, the package can be installed directly from CRAN using install.packages("childfree"). A detailed description of package functions, with examples, is available in this vignette.

more Peer-reviewed Research on childfree adults

Our research on childfree adults builds on the work of many other researchers. Although we are unable to provide free access to their published articles or data, we have prepared a list (with links) of the research we've found useful:

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