CDFS 408 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Voluntary Childlessness, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Intrauterine Device

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Fertility in America
1950s 1980s
Fertility in America 1950s
Fertility in America 1950s
·Ideology promoting childbearing
·Women
··average of 3 children
·Family done by late 20s
·In 1955 fertility rate had increased to 118.3
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·Research on the Transition to Parenthood
Fertility in America 1960s
·A national poll on families
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·Fertility rates started to decline
·Racial differences
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·Delayed motherhood became a trend
Fertility in America 1960s
·A period of social and economic liberalization
·Young adults living independently outside marriage
·New developments in public health
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·birth control pill
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In 1955 fertility rate had increased to 118. 3. Women"s roles were also shifting during this decade. Increase not necessarily a result of women"s career aspirations, but an issue of financial need. Increase in women working during their pregnancy ua shift in the percentage of women returning to work after having their first child. Oldest connecticut, massachusetts and new york 22. 3. Increase in birth rates of women in their 30. 2. emerging preference for smaller families: decline in number of unwanted births. Employment of pregnant women and new mothers continued to increase. The shift in the employment of women also led to new federal policies. The legal, economic, and cultural shift of employed mothers in the 1970s and early 1980s. Many of the same trends that appeared in the 1970 continued. Average age of women having their first child continued to increase. This decade also saw an increase in women being voluntarily childless.

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