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The study is a comparison of the motivations for having children among young adults in 1977 and in 1986. Nine advantages and disadvantages of having and raising children were assessed in both years. A 2 × 2 MANOVA was conducted to test for the effects of year and gender as well as the interaction of year and gender, with the nine parental motivations as dependent variables. Results of the MANOVA revealed significant effects for both year of testing and gender, but no interaction between year and gender. The results of this study provide support for sociohistorical change in motivations for parenthood. The study does not support the view of contemporary parents as egocentrically more concerned with their own needs than the needs of their children, but shows rather that the positive aspects of parenthood were more emphasized in 1986 than 1977. The current study also suggests support that young women have rejected the traditional view that women attain roles and status from being mothers. There was no interaction between year and gender. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]