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Answer: i. 3 or more children
ii. Less than 3
Explanation: In the 1930s, polls carried out indicated that 70% of Americans thought having 3 or more children was ideal while in 1990s, percentage of people who thought 3 or more children was ideal dropped to around 10%, with most indicating 1 or 2 as ideal.
Despite the decline in the birthrate in the United States, which may be due to fewer women having children or women having fewer children, several data indicate that the general interest in having children has remained constant and high. Thus, Americans' underlying attitudes toward children has not changed much in several years.
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In the 1930's 70 percent of Americans who were polled reported that the ideal number of children to have was ... In the 1990's, the percentage had shrunk to less than
The correct answer is 3 or more and 10% respectively.
Explanation:
In the 1930's 70 percent of Americans who were polled reported that the ideal number of children to have was 3 or more. In the 1990's, the percentage had shrunk to less than 10%
According to Gallup, it has recorded dramatic changes in attitudes about family size in the United States over the last half-century. In Gallup’s initial measurement in 1936, the ideal for two-thirds of Americans thought that three or more children. A 3.6 average (mathematical mean) number of children was preferred. From polls conducted in 1967, those preferences held steady for the next three decades. 1973 a substantial change was recorded -- with a preference for three or more children declining to 43% and the mean number preferred dropping to 2.8. The figures fell further in 1980 with 32% favoring three or more children, and just 2.5 for the mean. U.S. opinion on this issue has been mostly stable at this level since 1980.
It is worthy of note that trends in U.S. preferences for family size are generally consistent with birth statistics over the same period. From the end of World War II through 1967, the average number of children born to women in the United States was relatively high, ranging from 2.7 to 3.7. That fell to 1.9 by 1973 and was estimated at 2.1 for 1997.
