Patterns of Fertility and Mortality

Question 1

Globally, less than two-thirds of women receive assistance from a skilled healthcare worker during childbirth. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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Question 2

How does the low economic and social status of women in underdeveloped nations contribute to a high total fertility rate (TFR)?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Women in underdeveloped nations may be impoverished and may have less access to education.

Question 3

In western and central Africa, the lifetime risk of maternal death is 1 in 17. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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Question 4

Analyze the graph below and answer the question that follows. Data courtesy of World Bank 2004 According to the chart above, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest number of teen mothers. Which of the following statements best explains why younger motherhood is more common in African countries?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Women have fewer educational and economic opportunities in developing African countries.

Question 5

If a country’s total fertility rate (TFR) is measured at 1, what does this number most likely indicate about the country’s population?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The country’s population is aging.

Question 6

The largest number of child deaths worldwide occurs in __________.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

sub-Saharan Africa

Question 7

In the developed world, women are increasingly more likely to delay childbirth until their mid- to late-twenties or longer because __________.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

career and educational opportunities are more common

Question 8

On average, European women are 10 years older than women in sub-Saharan Africa when they have their first baby. Which of the following is not a contributing factor to this?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Women in sub-Saharan Africa are more knowledgeable in family planning practices and have greater access to contraceptives.

Question 9

A college-educated woman waits until age 32 before she has her first child because she wanted to establish her own business first. Based on our studies of fertility rates, this woman is most likely a citizen of __________.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

a highly developed nation with an aging population

Question 10

A rural country implements a family planning education program for women. Which of the following conclusions can you safely make about this country?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

This country likely has a high total fertility rate (TFR).

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