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29 Cards in this Set
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Benefits of having children |
they bring love and affection, and bring fulfillment and a sense of satisfaction |
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costs of having children |
raising children is expensive, and there are economic and social costs |
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effects on marriage |
marital satisfaction decreases, role as parent take priority over other things |
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Macro level factors of why birthrates are changing |
economic recession, immigrant women, access to health care reduces fertility, publicly funded family planning services, social class and women participation in the labor force |
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Micro level factors of why birthrates are changing |
increase in number of child free couples, not wanting more than two children, social contexts, postponing marriage, birth spacing |
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infant mortality rate |
a micro and macro level factor and is the number of babies under age 1 who die per 1000 live births in a given year |
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micro factors to postponing parenthood |
jobs and career, women postponing marriage, not wanting child care providers raising children, waiting for financial stability, women enjoying their jobs, not wanting to trade in for motherhood |
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macro level factors to postponing parenthood |
financial resources to start a family, young couples still living with their parents, young couples disturbed by the high divorce rate, reproductive technology puts less stress on biological clock, government assistance |
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The motherhood myth |
mothers were born to know how to do it all on their own, they will be perfect if they follow their instincts, there is something wrong with her if she doesn't devote her whole life to the baby |
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Older parent advantages |
women 22-34 have healthier kids, more likely to be married and better educated, feel more secure, patient and mature, more quality time with children, fathers may have less stress about resources |
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Older parent disadvantages |
increased health risks of children, may not be able to have as many children as desired, tension between managing career and children, expenses later in life, may not see grandchildren |
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open adoption |
sharing information and waiting contact between biological and adoptive parents throughout the childs life |
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closed adoption |
records of adoption are kept sealed, birth parent is not involved in the adoptees life, child has no contact with biological parents or little if any info about them |
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Semi open adoption |
there is communication b/w the adoptive parents, birth parents, and adopted children, but through a third party |
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adoption in china |
parents must be younger then 55, married, straight, not obese or depressed |
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childless |
lack or loss of a child |
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childfree |
a choice, usually more focused on your partner |
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PPD postpartum depression |
a serious illness that can occur up to a year after childbirth |
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Replacement fertility rate |
women must have an average of 2 babies to replace her and her husband |
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female reasons for infertility |
failure to ovulate and blockage of fallopian tubes |
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male reasons for infertility |
sluggish sperm or low sperm count |
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Artificial insemination |
a medical procedure in which semen is introduced artificially into the vagina or uterus during ovulation |
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fertility drugs |
medications that stimulate the ovaries to produce eggs |
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assisted reproductive technology |
general term that includes all treatments and procedures that involve handling eggs and sperm to establish pregnancy |
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in vitro fertilization |
surgical removal of eggs form a women ovaries and fertilizing them in a petri dish |
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surrogacy |
an arrangement in which a woman carries and delivers a child for another person or couple |
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preimplantation genetic diagnosis |
procedure that enables physicians to identify genetic diseases in the embryo before implantation |
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genetic engineering |
a set of technologies that can change the |
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major reason for abortion |
financial inability |
