Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The
technical term for reproductive capacity is ______.
a. | fertility | b. | crude birthrate | c. | fecundity | d. | none of the above | | |
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In
Canada, unwed birthrates are highest among women aged
a. | 20-24 | b. | 25-29 | c. | 30-34 | d. | 35 and older | | |
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The
Canadian government legalized contraception in:
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has the highest teen pregnancy, abortion and birthrates of any
industrialized
country.
a. | Canada | b. | the United States | c. | Japan | d. | England | | |
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Children present parents with high direct costs and:
a. | high opportunity
costs | b. | lower opportunity costs | c. | opportunity
costs that are low but rising as the fertility rate declines | d. | opportunity
costs that are low but increasing as the fertility rate declines | | |
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Which
of these is the opposite of being "pronatalist"?
a. | being for early
marriage | b. | being against contraception | c. | supporting
couples being child-free or childless | d. | affirming cohabitation and group marriage among the
elderly | | |
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Child-free women tend to be:
a. | ambivalent toward children, but strongly bonded toward their
spouse | b. | desirous of having children, but unable to find a marriageable
man with whom to begin a traditional family | c. | highly
traditional, but antinatalist | d. | attached to a satisfying career | | |
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Since
the 1960's, birth control has been viewed mainly as:
a. | the woman's
responsibility | b. | a shared responsibility that is negotiable, just as are other
choices made knowledgeably | c. | the man's responsibility | d. | decisions made
by default, except where prevention of disease is a consideration | | |
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It is
ironic that the rates of premarital pregnancy are increasing:
a. | at a time when
teens are disavowing interest in family and/or parenthood | b. | at a time when
contraceptives are so available | c. | at the time that drug use is increasing the percent of live
births that are born "damaged" | d. | at a time when abortion rates are undergoing a slight but
continuing decline | | |
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Paradoxical pregnancies are pregnancies being undergone by persons who among their
characteristics and attitudes include the fact that:
a. | they come from
families where such pregnancies have produced negative results | b. | they tend to
have negative, disapproving, guilt attitudes toward premarital sex | c. | most of these
pregnancies began by being wanted but ended by being unwanted | d. | they have
parental approval rather than disapproval | | |
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