And the Poor Get Children
By: Lee Rainwater
This text heavily discusses different factors that contribute to couples having children. They include married couples decision making ability when faced with hardships in terms of monetary comfort. Rainwater also brings up the fact that sexual intercourse is pleasurable to the point where some couples simply do not consider the consequences of sex. As for the poor family, which the title indicates, their family planning methods are a lot harder according to Rainwater. In chapter 4 Rainwater brings up many questions and guidelines that many poor couples and single women have to answer to before having children.
The most common and clear-cut rationale for limiting the number of children one has is financial. (Pg. 45) This rationale is heavily emphasized on the bare necessities of life, which is simply feeding the mouths of one's children. There is also a heavy concern on being able to provide a substantial quality level of......
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