Family Quiz
Eunice Herrera, 597 words
In the article, Recent Changes in the Trends of Teen Birth Rates, Wingo et al. look at the number of births among teens and focuses on age, race, and Hispanic origin. In doing so, researchers are able to advocate for more contraceptive awareness to decrease the number of teen births. Researchers focused on the years 1981 through 2006. To fit the category examined, teens had to be from the ages 10 through 19 and residents of the U.S. This data was collected from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the National Vital Statistics System. Teen ages were separated into three sections: 10-14, 15-17, 18-19. In this research study white, black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, and non-Hispanic black teens were analyzed. Education levels and whether they were married or not were also examined. The number of teen births in every 1000 females was used as the unit of measurement for this research study which were determined with birth certificates. A joinpoint analysis of the data was used to examine yearly tendencies controlled by demographic variables such as race, age, education, and marital status. Researchers found that in 1990 the amount of births grew to 533, 483 and fell in 2003 to 421, 241. When the results are looked at only by race, the number of births in each category were constant throughout 1981 to 2006. Whites had lower numbers in comparison to blacks and American Indian/Alaska Native. Aside from blacks, there were less than 2 in every 1000 mothers in the 10-14 age category. In this age group birth numbers grew throughout 1981 to 1989 and fell in the years 1994 through 2003. In the ages 15 through 17, numbers grew in 1986 to 1990 and fell in the years 1994 to 2003. Birth rates increased in 1981 to 1988 and fell in 1991 to 2004 in the ages 18 to 19. For Hispanic teens data revealed lessening numbers in 1992 to 1998 and a rise for those that were 18 and 19 years old. There was a decline in every race group. Teen births fell over 50% in the ages 10 to 14, almost 40% in the ages 15 to 17, and 25% in the ages 18 to 19.
Trends in Marital Happiness by Gender and Race, 1973 to 2006, collected data from the General Social Survey through the National Opinion Research Center. All participants had to speak English and had to be 18 and over. Information collected was divided into four sections: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. This study analyzed four groups which are white husbands and wives and black husbands and wives. Gender, age, race, work status, level of education, religiousness, wage were used as independent variables in this study. The number of participants in this study are 24, 455. About forty-one percent of these participants where white husbands and 4.2% were black husbands from a total of 11,606 husbands. Forty-six percent of the participants were white wives and 4.6% were black out of 12,849 wives. This study used mean totals as a unit of measurement of marital happiness. The results show from the four categories, white husbands were at the top for levels of happiness. White wives were the second happiest followed by black husbands and black wives at the bottom. Consequences of sex and race on levels of happiness were looked at. Researchers found that levels of happiness were lower when couples had underage children and higher when income was higher and the couples attended church.
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