Family patterns - Childbearing Flashcards

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What actually is childbearing and child rearing?

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child bearing = having a child
Child rearing - raising a child

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What are the child bearing overall patterns?

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  • children are being had later
  • many remaining childless
  • having fewer children altogether
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fertility rate uk (2024)

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1.7 children

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Average age for women to have children?

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32

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What is causing for women to remain childless?

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  • Not a need for a woman - own happiness more important
  • individualism → ignoring traditional
  • Not wanting to do it all day everyday
  • Gut instinctive reaction
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How does individualisaiton explain the childbearing patterns?

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Individualisaiton is focusing on yoursel and womena re putting their career as a priority causing for them to have children later in life,

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Reasons for the childbearing changes i patterns?

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  • individualisaiton - fewer / later in life
  • reduced stigma
  • changing role of women not just for children
  • growth in child centredness
  • children economic liabilities
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How much % do long parent families make up in 2022?

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15% of all households

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How many more x likely are lone parent families to be in poverty?

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2x

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Reasons for the increase in lone parent families?

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  • increase in divorce
  • increased children out of wedlock
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Why are lone parent families most likely to be female headed?

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  • Belief that women by nature suited to the expressive nurturing role
  • Courts give custody of children to mothers
  • Men less willing to give up work and care for children
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single by choice ( Renvoize)

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Some professional women able to support children without father influence / involvement so choose tor emain single

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What did Cashmore study find?

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Found some wc mothers with less earning power chose to live on welfare benefits without a partner as they had experienced abuse. → feminists ideas and opportunities increase the number as well

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What does new right thinker murray believe about lone parent mothers?

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  • sees growth of lone parent families as a resulting from an over- generous welfare state providing benefits for unmarried mothers and children
  • Argues this has created a ‘perverse incentive’ that rewards irresponsible behaviour such as having children without being able to care / provide for them.
  • Argues the welfare state creates this ‘dependency culture’ where people assume the state will support and care for them. → believes the solution is to abolish welfare benefits
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Evaluation of Murray

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Critics of the new right states welfare benefits are far from luxury as lone parent more likely to be in poverty
Due to :
* Lack of affordable childcare prevents working → 60% * lone parents don’t work
* Inadequate welfare benefits
* Most are women who generally earn less
* Failure of father to pay maintenance

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