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Change in college students' attitude toward child-bearing from 1971 to 1973
1Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, Illinois 60680, USA.
Abstract:
Two samples of college students, one obtained in 1971 and one in 1973, were asked to draw a picture of a happily married couple. Some subjects were asked to draw the couple after two years of marriage and some after five years of marriage. The pictures were scored for the presence or absence of children as an estimate of the attitude that children are necessary for a happy marriage. A large decrease in the "presence of children" from the 1971 to 1973 sample was interpreted as indicating that fewer college students now accept the notion that children are necessary for marital happiness.
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