Parents & Children

Question 1

Trends of childbearing

Answer 1

Women having children later, fewer children, or no children at all

Question 2

Reasons for changing trends of childbearing

Answer 2

Births outside marriage is increasing due to decline in stigma and increasing cohabitation
Women now have more options available to them other than just motherhood. Many are choosing a career first before starting family

Question 3

Lone parent families

Answer 3

Make up 22% of families with children
90% of them headed by women

Question 4

Reasons for the rise of lone parent families

Answer 4

Increased divorce and separation, decline in stigma attached to having children outside marriage

Question 5

Perverse incentive

Answer 5

Rewards irresponsible behaviour such as having children without being able to provide for them

Question 6

Murray on lone parent families

Answer 6

The rise is from an overgenerous welfare state, providing benefits for unmarried mothers and their children. It creates a dependency culture in which people assume that the state will support them and their children.