{
  "id": 691719,
  "title": "Californians are twice as likely as Louisianans to be childfree—but demographics tell more of the story",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/californians-are-twice-as-likely-as-louisianans-to-be-childfree-but",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-12T18:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-californians-louisianans-childfree-demographics-story.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Across the United States, the number of people who do not have and do not want to have children is growing. While they are twice as likely to live in California as Louisiana, individual demographic characteristics are the strongest predictors of who is childfree, according to a study published in PLOS One by Zachary Neal and Jennifer Watling Neal from Michigan State University, U.S.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}