SWMS 210mgw Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Motherhood Penalty, Adrienne Rich, Escalator
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Unplanned births to unmarried mothers who are living in poverty or on the brink continue to rise (97) Births outside of marriage: no economic support from men or society. Mostly unintended pregnancies over 50% of cohabiting mothers" pregnancies and over of noncohabiting mothers. Marriage is not the answer: govt needs to help women get education, stable well-paying jobs, childcare and flexible hours. More women are working and providing childcare, while more men are living apart from children. Men who are involved in children"s lives are more active. Women in poverty or on the brink of it much more likely to give birth before they marry and to be raising children outside of marriage (98) Education level of mothers is the best prediction level for whether they will have a child outside of marriage. 27% of fathers overall now do not live with their children, 40% of low-income, least-educated (104)
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1. Because many men traditionally have not produced a lot of household commodities
a. | they are more likely to reduce hours of work after a decrease in their wage rate |
b. their income effect is likely to be smaller than that of women |
c. they can more easily substitute leisure for household production |
d. | they are less likely to reduce hours of work after a decrease in their wage rate |
2. One of the main changes in the typical family in the United States over the past 30-40 years has been
a. non-marital births have decreased appreciably |
b. marriage has declined while cohabitation has risen |
c. single-parent families have fallen considerably |
d. median age at first marriage has decreased |
3. A single mother is currently paying childcare cost of $10 an hour and she works 8 hours a day. The government then decides to provides child care at a constant $80 a day. The effect of this event will be to:
a. cause the mother to work more hours |
b. cause the mother to work less hours |
c. cannot tell without knowing which effect dominates: the income or substitution effect |
d. cause the mother to work the same hours |
4. Which statement correctly describes the relationship between Marriage and Poverty?
a. poverty as a whole can be solved by people just having children |
b. Children who grow up in a dual parent household are significantly more likely to experience poverty |
c. Children who grow up in a dual parent household are significantly less likely to experience poverty |
d. poverty as a whole can be solved by people just staying married |
5. The real determining "discriminatory" factor in higher education today is
a. | "out of state" status |
b. | race |
c. income |
d. gender |