I DON'T WANT TO BE A MOTHER, LIKE MANY WOMEN
Not maternity; Women of reproductive age; Genre
It is expected that the absence of children will increase in the future among Brazilian women. According to data from the National Demography and Health Survey (Ministério da Saúde, 2009), the number of Brazilian women who remained childless has been increasing in Brazil in almost all age groups. Among women who do not have children there are those who are voluntarily childless, that is, women who do not want to have children by choice, without reporting biological limitations. In this context, the following work aims to analyze economic, demographic and gender characteristics associated with voluntary non-maternity in Brazil. For the development of the work, data from the National Demography and Health Survey (PNDS) for 2006 were used. The methodology consists of a descriptive analysis, in order to identify the main economic, demographic and gender relations of women who do not want to have children, and whether there is a predominance of women who do not want to have children in specific groups in society, and a binary logistic regression model, in order to understand the influence of such characteristics on the decision to have children or not. Age, education, income and the partner’s reproductive desire were significant for women who do not wish to have children. Therefore, in view of the increase in the number of women who do not want to have children and the declining fertility levels that are falling and falling, it is essential to understand the reproductive context and preferences of women who do not want to have children.