Survey A growing number of American women want to delay having babies because they're worried about the recession, according to a survey released by the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit reproductive health research group. Rex Lived 35 Million Years Earlier No Health Insurance, Higher Death Risk Dog Separation Anxiety Want More News. Recession Affecting Women's Plans to Have Children. Because of the recession, 31 percent of the women said they want to delay getting pregnant, 28 percent want fewer children than previously planned, and 7 percent now don't want to have any more children.Fifty-two percent of the women said they were financially worse off than a year ago and nearly three out. However, financial problems are making it difficult for many women to be able to afford birth control.

Sign Up for MedicineNet Newsletters. The nationally representative survey was conducted in July and August and included 947 women, ages 18 to 34, with household incomes of less than $75,000, the Innis Post reported.

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