Brazil Fertility Rate Quiz

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Question 1

Why has Brazil’s fertility rate fallen so quickly?

nationwide efforts by the leading women’s organization
a heavy new tax on families with three or more children
a combination of causes instead of a single cause
a boycott by women of the Roman Catholic Church

Question 2

In the National Geographic article, what technological development is credited with playing a big role in the fertility rate change?

cell phones
water purification
automated transportation
electrification

Question 3

In the National Geographic article, the Chilean obstetrics professor concludes that the fertility rate went down because Brazilian women

were just too tired to have more children.
decided they didn’t want more children.
organized to challenge machismo.
decided that children were too expensive.

Question 4
According to the PRB, what will be the most likely result of Brazil’s lower fertility rate?

The percentage of people 65 and older will rise dramatically.
There will be many more males than females under the age of 15.
The population total will start to decline very soon.
There will be a bulge in the population of people 25 to 40.

Question 5
What do the World Bank figures for the years 1968–2008 show for Brazil’s adolescent fertility rate?

It increased more rapidly than for older women.
It stayed about the same.
It declined steadily.
It varied widely by state.

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