Question

1. Analyze the impact of increasing women’s labor force participation and the other demographic trends (increasing divorce, cohabitation, single parenthood) on children.

Answer 1

Increasing women labor force participation and other demographic trends indicate one common thing that in all cases a woman becomes more financially independent and has to go out to work or in search of work . This happens even in most divorce cases , cohabitation or single parenthood . This dynamic change in women's role in the society can have multiple effects on children . Let us see the positive effects first .

Financial independence allows women to rear children in a better fashion , such financial independence may be held responsible for growing single parenthood . Financial support provided by both parents in cases of increases women LFP , is beneficial for management of education , health , all round development of children .

But on the other hand it also has some negative effects like less quality time spent with child , less participation is child development and education by themselves , mostly dependent on educational institutions etc .