FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Gravidity And Parity, Natalism, Female Infertility

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

Document Summary

Chapter 6 - ferility and having a child. The birth of a child is one of the major life course transiions. These relaionships are durable, and to leave one"s child is considered abandonment and negligence. Also signiies dramaic changes in the relaionship of many couples. The actual day and ime of birth is the transiion point, but the transiion to the parent role is a long process. There are complex age- and duraion-graded iming norms about relaionships o. Very likely that the reasons for ferility are not constant across ime, cultural, and place. Most explanaions can be grouped as ones that rely on macro-structural causes such as the environment, social norms, and economic constraints o. Expect ferility to decline in tough economic imes. Some focus on the micro-individual level: oten based on experiences that relate to macro-level phenomena, such as having a stable job.