Countries with Coercive Pronatalist Policies Attempt to Increase Birth Rates

question 11

Multiple Choice

Countries with coercive pronatalist policies attempt to increase birth rates by reducing or banning contraception and abortion (and/or by providing government benefits based on family size) .These policies are often enacted with the hope of ________.

• A)increasing the workforce
• B)decreasing the workforce
• C)increasing the number of females available for marriage
• D)replacing citizens who have immigrated to other countries

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Definitions:

Behavior

is the range of actions and mannerisms made by individuals, organisms, systems, or artificial entities in conjunction with themselves or their environment.

Attitudes

A consistent manner of thinking or feeling towards something that usually influences an individual's actions.

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological discomfort experienced when holding contradictory beliefs, values, or attitudes, often leading to an alteration in one of them to reduce the dissonance.

Induce

To bring about or give rise to something, often through a specific action or procedure.