What Is the Best Supported Explanation for the Rise in Childlessness

question 26

Multiple Choice

What is the best supported explanation for the rise in childlessness in the United States?

• A) a decrease in the ideology of intensive mothering.
• B) a decrease in the number of men attending college where women can meet and marry them.
• C) the lower value of life and widespread abortions by middle-class women.
• D) an increased availability of safe birth control options and opportunities to excel professionally.

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