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Question #26·6 September 2026·revealed

Is now a good time to bring a child into the world?

80 people in 3 countries answered on 6 September 2026. 68% said No.

Yes32.5%
No67.5%
80
votes on this question
10,180
votes since launch
3
countries
3.6s
median gut time
72%
predicted the majority
16.1
avg split-guess miss, points

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By country

YesNo
🇺🇸 USA 29
3566
Everywhere else 14
2179

By age

YesNo
25 to 34 30
3763
Everywhere else 29
2476

By profession

YesNo
Everywhere else 22
3268
Most contrarian country: 🇺🇸 USA. Only 65.5% sided with the global majority.

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In a wisehumans poll of 80 voters across 3 countries (6 September 2026), 68% chose "No". Source: wisehumans.org/q/is-now-a-good-time-to-bring-a-child-into-the-world

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<a href="https://wisehumans.org/q/is-now-a-good-time-to-bring-a-child-into-the-world"><img src="https://wisehumans.org/q/is-now-a-good-time-to-bring-a-child-into-the-world/card.png"
  alt="Is now a good time to bring a child into the world? Poll result from 80 votes" width="600"></a>
<p>Source: <a href="https://wisehumans.org/q/is-now-a-good-time-to-bring-a-child-into-the-world">wisehumans.org</a>, 6 September 2026. CC BY 4.0.</p>

Method

Self-selected online poll, no accounts: one vote per browser per day, capped per network address to limit repeat voting. Country derived at the network edge; age and profession self-reported from fixed lists. Buckets under 25 votes fold into "Everywhere else"; buckets under 5 are never published. Not weighted, not representative of any population.

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