Child-bearing

Question 1

How many children are born outside marriage?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Statics for women having children later

Answer 2

between 1971 and 2005, their average age at birth pf their first child rose by more than 3 years to 27.3 years

Question 3

Statistics for women having fewer children than in 20th Century

Answer 3

-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

Question 4

Are more or less women remaining childless?

Answer 4

More
-predicted that a 1/4 of those born in 1973 will be childless when they reach 45

Question 5

Reasons for the increase of births outside marriage

Answer 5

decline in stigma
increase in cohabitation

Question 6

How many 18-24 year olds think marriage should come before parenthood?

Answer 6

1/3

Question 7

Rise in births outside of marriage result of

Answer 7

births in cohabitating couple not because women living alone

Question 8

What do these changes reflect ?

Answer 8

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