childbearing - childrearing

Question 1

define childbearing

Answer 1

the act of having children

Question 2

define childrearing

Answer 2

how children are raised and brought up

Question 3

name a pattern and trend of childbearing

Answer 3

1) there is an increase in the number of children born outside of marriage
2)women are having fewer children
OR women are having children later
OR more women are remaining childless

Question 4

what data shows there’s an increase in children born outside of marriage

Answer 4

in 1996 94% of births were registered by married couple.
in 2022 the figures decreased to 51%

Question 5

reasons for the patterns and trends in childbearing

Answer 5

1) declining stigma
2) more people are cohabiting
3)changes in women’s positions

Question 6

data to show women are having children later

Answer 6

between 1971 and 2021 the average age a women had her first child rose from 24 to 28 years old

Question 7

data to show women are having children later

Answer 7

child per women in 1965- 2.95
2001 -1.6

Question 8

data to show women are remaining childless

Answer 8

in 2020 18 % of women age 45 were childless.

Question 9

what are reasons for patterns and trends

Answer 9

declining stigma
more people are cohabiting
changes in positions of women