Examine the graph and then answer the questions that follow. What is the general shape of this graph? It is flat. Viewed left to right, it slopes downward. Viewed left to right, it slopes upward. What social pattern does this graph describe? The women in countries with more widespread contraceptive use tend to have fewer children than women in countries with less contraceptive use. The women in countries with less widespread contraceptive use tend to have fewer children than women in countries with greater contraceptive use. Countries that have democratic governments tend to grow more quickly than countries with authoritarian governments. This graph supports which strategy for reducing a country's population growth rate? Elevating women's status Encouraging family planning