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口之家最理想？根据一项新的盖洛普（Gallup）民意调查，美国人越来越愿意拥有不多于两个孩子的小家庭。
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电影《儿女一箩筐》(Cheaper by the Dozen)剧照。
约58%的美国成年人称，一个家庭不多于两个孩子是最好的，该比例高于2004年的53%。只有约三分之一的美国成年人喜欢有三个或三个以上的孩子，这是1996年以来的最低比例。盖洛普称，近年来持续的经济问题可能是小家庭受欢迎的原因。
美国人并不是一直喜欢小家庭。盖洛普从1936年开始对美国人进行关于家庭规模的调查。当时约三分之二的家庭认为有三个或三个以上的孩子最好。盖洛普称，二战结束时，该比例猛增至77%，而整个60年代末都保持在70%左右。然而，到1977年，多数美国人都说他们愿意有不多于两个孩子。（链接中的图表显示了美国人几十年来关于家庭规模的观点的变化。）
盖洛普发现，男性和女性对理想家庭规模的看法趋于相同。该调查还发现，对家庭规模的观点不存在重大代沟。然而，该调查也发现收入差异会造成观点不同：年收入为75,000美元以上的家庭比较低收入的家庭更喜欢小家庭。（盖洛普还发现，喜欢小家庭的民主党人多于共和党人。）
在今年6月进行的这次调查是基于对全美1,020名成年人进行的电话采访。
我们以前的文章谈到过家庭在权衡是否要更多孩子时应该考虑的因素，以及配偶对家庭规模意见不同时会发生的情况。读者们，你会如何回答盖洛普的调查问卷呢？你认为几口之家最理想？这一观点会随时间而改变吗？
What is the ideal family size? According to a new Gallup poll, Americans
increasingly prefer to have small families of two or fewer children.
Some 58% of U.S. adults say that having no more than two children is optimal for a family, up from 53% in 2004. Only about a third of adults favor having three or more children the lowest percentage since 1996. Gallup says that persistent economic problems in recent years may be a reason why smaller families are in favor.
Americans didn't always prefer small families. Gallup has been polling Americans on family size since 1936, when about two-thirds of families thought having three or more kids was best. That percentage jumped to 77% by the end of World War II and stayed at about 70% through the late 60s, Gallup says. By 1977, though, the majority of Americans said they preferred to have no more than two children. (Here's a chart showing Americans shifting views of family size over the decades.)
Gallup found that men and women tend to agree on ideal family size. The poll also found no major generational gaps in opinions on family size. The survey, however, did find income differences: Families earning at least $75,000 annually were more likely to favor small families than adults in lower-income households. (Gallup also found that a greater number of Democrats than Republicans preferred smaller families.)
The poll, conducted in June, was based on phone interviews of 1,020 adults throughout the country. (Here's more on the poll's methodology.)
We've written before about factors families should consider when weighing whether to have more children and what happens when spouses disagree over family size. Readers, how would you answer the Gallup poll? What's your ideal family size? Has that view changed over time?
Rachel Emma Silverman
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2011.07.28 16:22:01
如果可以随便生也养得起的话，我愿意生五个，一家七口，正好一个星期，挺好。
- hongyan0506
2011.07.28 14:33:27
两个最好。
- LILY
2011.07.28 14:20:16
生多了养不起，最后被人骂，有娘生，没娘养。
- HK
2011.07.28 13:49:36
2～3
- dingdang
2011.07.28 13:42:57
二个好
- 8
2011.07.28 12:59:39
一男一女两个最好，孩子不孤单也不会太多兼顾不了，还可以维持地球人口平衡。
- AAA
2011.07.28 11:29:52
三个小孩最好，前提是要养得起