Child-bearing Flashcards
How many children are born outside marriage?
1/10 children
5x more than in 1971
however, nearly all these vriths are jointly registered by both parents
in most cases parents are cohabitating
Statics for women having children later
between 1971 and 2005, their average age at birth pf their first child rose by more than 3 years to 27.3 years
Statistics for women having fewer children than in 20th Century
-increased slightly in the early 21st century
-average number of children per woman fell from a peak of 2.95 in 1964
-to a record of a low 1.63 in 2001, rising to somewhat 1.84 by 2006
Are more or less women remaining childless?
More
-predicted that a 1/4 of those born in 1973 will be childless when they reach 45
Reasons for the increase of births outside marriage
decline in stigma
increase in cohabitation
How many 18-24 year olds think marriage should come before parenthood?
1/3
Rise in births outside of marriage result of
births in cohabitating couple not because women living alone
What do these changes reflect ?
later age at which women have children
smaller family sizes
fact that more women remaining childless
REFLECT THAT WOMEN HAVE MORE OPTIONS THAN JUST MOTHERHOOD
-many seeking to establish themselves in a career before starting a family or instead of having children at all