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Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families Cover Image
Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families, 5/e
Mary K. DeGenova
Philip F. Rice
Family Planning and Parenthood

Multiple Choice

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1

Which of the following reasons is NOT mentioned in the text as an explanation for the steady decline in adoptions since 1970?
A)legalized abortion
B)less demand for adopted children
C)more effective contraceptives
D)more unmarried mothers keeping their babies
2

Which of the following is NOT true concerning childlessness according to research findings presented in the chapter?
A)Young women who want to remain childless have higher social mobility goals.
B)Race is a significant determinant of childlessness.
C)Rural women are less likely to remain childless than are nonrural women.
D)Women with postsecondary education are less likely to have children than are women with less education.
3

The rhythm method for contraception is improved by the use of which of the following?
A)basal body temperature method
B)vasectomy
C)progestin capsules
D)both b and c
4

Overall, over the past two decades, the timing of the birth of the first child has been:
A)advanced
B)delayed
C)stayed the same
D)cyclical, marked by advances and delays
5

Which consideration on abortion pertains to discrimination against the poor and deprived minority groups as a result of strict abortion laws?
A)legal
B)moral
C)social and realistic
D)psychological and personal
6

In a(n) __________, the egg and sperm are inserted directly into the fallopian tube, where normal conception takes place.
A)gamete intrafallopian transfer
B)embryo transplant
C)in vitro fertilization
D)artificial insemination
7

The 1989 Supreme Court Webster decision did which of the following?
A)returned to the states the right to enact restrictions on abortion
B)reaffirmed Roe v. Wade's trimester provisions
C)declared as illegal the performance of abortion in any hospitals unless necessary to save the life of the mother
D)determined the preamble of Roe v. Wade to be unconstitutional
8

_________ percent of pregnancies to women with a family income of less than 150% of the federal poverty level are unplanned.
A)Forty-four
B)Fifty-four
C)Sixty-four
D)Seventy-four








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