FCFC 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Deinstitutionalisation, Preferred Number, Commons
26 Mar 2017
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Variations in life-cycle: not everyone follows those 8 stages. Birthrates to women in 30s and 40s increasing dramatically (not always first child, but part of it) Childfree (by choice: the desire to have children has been steady and high in recent decades, reasons given for childfree lifestyle: Money, careers: study of childfree, 55 or older. 1940 to early 1960s 4% to 5% births to unmarried women; 1980, 18% today about 40: shotgun cohabitation, splitting up. 11% (married) compared to 49% by age 3. 10% of white babies 20% of black or hispanic babies. Account for other factors = 2. 5 x"s higher. Outcomes for children: attachment, behavior problems, math/reading, adolescent sex, delinquency, education. Cultural scripts: children first: 4% of college-educated women; 10% hs 15% hs drop outs (4% teens overall, a marriage caste system. How many children: about 20% of children are onlies .
