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Has having kids become a luxury purchase?

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Scroll through your social media feeds, and you’ll likely come across conversations reflecting the ambivalence a lot of people are feeling about having kids in a tough economy. Those feelings track with a recent Credit Karma survey of 629 adults ages 18 to 45.

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    Scroll through your social media feeds, and you’ll likely come across conversations reflecting the ambivalence a lot of people are feeling about having kids in a tough economy. Those feelings track with a recent Credit Karma survey of 629 adults ages 18 to 45.

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