Table 1.

List of variables included in the analysis

Variable name	Description
Dependent
Social value of children
Rewards worth costs	“The rewards of being a parent are worth it, despite the cost and the work it takes.” (1) strongly disagree, (2) disagree, (3) agree, or (4) strongly agree
Cannot be happy	“People can’t be happy unless they have children.” (1) strongly disagree, (2) disagree, (3) agree, or (4) strongly agree
Bothered by childlessness	“If it turns out that you do not have any children, would that bother you…” (1) not at all, (2)a little, (3) somewhat, or (4) a great deal.
Parity-Specific fertility intentions
Intent	Equals 1 if person intends to have more children, 0 otherwise.
Explanatory
Hispanic, foreign born	Equals 1 if person is Hispanic and born outside the U.S, 0 otherwise.
Hispanic, native born	Equals 1 if person is Hispanic and born in the U.S, 0 otherwise.
NH White, native born	Equals 1 if person is NH White and born in the U.S, 0 otherwise (Ref.).
Age	Respondent’s age.
Years of Education	Number of completed years of education.
Income	Set of dummy variables indexing whether the respondent’s household income was less than $25,000, $25,000–$49,999, $50,000–74,999, or $75,000 or more (Ref).
Religion raised	Set of dummy variables indexing whether the person was raised Catholic, Protestant (Ref.), Other, or No religion.
Sex	Respondent’s sex. Analyses are run separately for women and men.