PSYC 3630 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Peer Support, Postpartum Depression, Intensify
25 Jan 2015
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Fertility births to a women or category of women (actual births not reproductive capacity. Differential fertility rates by education, income and race/ethnicity. Families with higher education and income tend to have less children: people with high education and income have alternatives to parenthood investing in demanding careers, dedication to social activism or service, world travel, developing latent talents. In 2012the us census bureau made it official that nonhispanic white births are no longer a majority in the united states. In 2010 asian/pacific islanders had the lowest tfr at 1. 7, followed by nonhispanic whites at. In 2010 hispanics had the highest tfr (2. 4), it fell sharply by 5 percent from 2010 to 2012. In a family with 2 children an estimated 42% of the household expenditures are attributed to the children. Fathers feel a reduced sense of confidence in their place in the family after the birth of a child where as mothers experience higher levels of couple conflict.
