Human Fertility journal published the findings of Susan Golombok's Cambridge University survey of who Choice Moms are, and are not. Notable findings: we have a high percentage of post-graduate degrees, and we don't hate men. But, of course, we knew that.
Posted February 2, 2010 at 7:25 PM
Survey Says: Choice Moms generally not interested
Research
Copyright prohibits me from uploading the entire article, which the journal has available for purchase here, but see the news release for some of the details. The journal article, titled "Mom by choice, single by lifes circumstance: Findings from a large scale survey of the experiences of single mothers by choice," was based on a subset of respondents who responded to an online questionnaire on ChoiceMoms.org. The article focused on the 291 respondents who were already Choice Moms, as opposed to the Thinking and Trying group that also responded.
Insight #1:
The majority (90%, 261) of mothers reported that they were not currently in a relationship, with 29% (76) of these women stating that this was a conscious decision. When asked how important it was to them to meet someone in the future, the most common response was that it was not very important (50%, 130). Ten percent (25) felt it was very important, 30% (79) felt it was quite important, and 9% (24) felt it was not important at all.
Follow this thread over time to learn other tidbits from this first-ever, large-scale Choice Mom survey.
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