Logicians (INTP) and Architects (INTJ) were among the least likely personality types to want children, with 60% each agreeing.
INFJ. INFJs are often good with children, maybe even better than they are with adults. INFJs often feel like they can connect to the innocence and creativity of children, and really appreciate their honesty. They can get along with kids fairly easily, which is often what makes INFJs great parents.
It's completely normal that some people, both men and women, won't desire children in their lifetime, Ambardar says. Even if this life choice is still viewed as unconventional in society, it's important that people who are contemplating a child-free life avoid conforming just to fit in.
ISFJ – The Nurturing Parent
The Good: These are the practical, hands-on, and dependable parents. With babies and toddlers, these parents are some of the busiest, trying to tend to every need. They empathize with their kids in their emotional and physical pains, wanting to take on the burdens for themselves if possible.
1. ESFJ. People who fit the ESFJ personality type can usually be recognized by their big hearts and kindly manner. ESFJs are warm and welcoming and their love of tradition means they value good old-fashioned manners highly.
ISTP personality types are calm, efficient and productive, and are open to new opportunities. This introduction to the ISTP personality type, based on the Myers-Briggs® Step I personality assessment, can help ISTPs to understand how they interact with others, and what careers they might enjoy.
ESFJ. Those who are extroverted, sensing, feeling, and judging are among some of the most likable people, Sameera Sullivan, matchmaker and relationship expert, tells Best Life. They can be identified by their "warm disposition and big hearts," she says.
Some types, including ENTP, ENFP, ENFJ, and INFJ, were less likely to already have children, but expressed an interest in doing so in the future, indicating that these types may be more likely to start their families later in life.
ENTP – The Iconoclast Mom.
INFJ – The Visionary Mom
She thrives when connecting one-on-one with you, talking about all your dreams and feelings. Emotionally supportive and sensitive, she helps her children to see the big picture and imagine beyond the bounds of their current situations.
A study from Princeton University and Stony Brook University found that parents and nonparents have similar levels of life satisfaction, but parents experienced both more daily joy and more daily stress than nonparents. “Life without children is simply much more stable,” Glass says.
Voluntary childlessness, also called being childfree, describes the voluntary choice to not have children.
The crosstabs suggest that for about three in 10 young adults (ages 18-41) who say they do not want to have children, the biggest factor in their decision is their personal financial situation, followed by work/life balance, at 21 percent. “Maintaining my personal independence” came in third, at 18 percent.
INTJs are typically very quiet and reserved unless they happen to meet someone who, like them, loves exploring theoretical concepts, analyzing possibilities, and dreaming up long-term goals. That said, they're not typically very verbal when it comes to discussing their feelings or people's personal lives.
The survey concluded that parents tend to favour their youngest child over the elder. More than half of the parents quizzed said they preferred their youngest child, while only 26 per cent said that their favourite child was their eldest.
INFJ. A quiet kid who relished time on your own, you read constantly and studied because you loved it—not because you had to.
For women, however, the rarest personality type is INTJ and ENTJ. Just 1% of women type as INTJ and ENTJ respectively. Among women, INFJ is only the third rarest personality type with approximately 2% of women categorized as INFJ. Both INTJ women and ENTJ women are extremely rare in the general population.
Most Chill: ISTPs are like zen-masters. Their default state of mind in the face of adversity is calm, intense confidence.
The INFP may be the toughest personality type of all for others to understand. They are seemingly easy-going and carefree, but when it comes to their values, they can become suddenly uncompromising.
It can be debated which MBTI personality type is truly the most “shy” among the 16 types, but the INFP personality type — also known as the “Mediator” — is often listed at the top of shyness ranks.
The introverted (I) intuitive (N) types (“INs”)—INFJ, INFP, INTJ and INTP—are among the most “sensitive” of the personality types.
Based on our survey, the Extraverted and Feeling personality traits tend to strengthen one's desire to become a parent. On the flip side, Introverts and people with the Thinking trait were somewhat less inclined to have children.
Many ENTJs talk to themselves as a way to process their thoughts.
Introverts can also sometimes be considered loners. These are people who enjoy time alone, not necessarily because they don't like being around other people, but rather because they are more interested in their own inner thoughts and feelings. Spending quality time by themselves is how they are able to regain energy.
Since this study, the dark empath has earned a reputation as the most dangerous personality profile. But is this really the case? Dark personality traits include psychopathy, machiavellianism and narcissism, collectively called the "dark triad".