FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sperm Donation, Stillbirth, Miscarriage

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Sandra Pericak

Document Summary

If you were born: 1830 6. 6 children average, 1960 1. 7 children average, continuing to fall (esp. for women of canadian heritage with higher education, then: ages 25-29 vs now: 30-34. Historical context teen parenting: 1991: 6, 2012: 3. 4% International variations: family member struggling with alcoholism, physical assault by family member, age of first drinking experience, age of first wanted sexual experience, fathers, older by av 4. 1 yrs. Historical context single parenting: trending upward, 1961 6. 4 % of canadian families, 1981 11% of canadian families, 2011 21. 5% of canadian families, teen & unplanned pregnancies 37. 2, relationship dissolution 56. 2% To have or not to have: more choice in 2020. Its (more) socially acceptable: to be single, to choose not to have children, what has shifted, contraception, gay marriage, gender non-confirming relationships, women"s rights & women"s careers. Alternative ways to become parents: adoption, fostering, assisted fertility.