1.6 - How Fertile Is West London

Question 1

Reasons For Fertility Decrease As Development Increases

Answer 1

Increased status of women e.g. careers, leading to delayed family making it harder to have kids
Divorce rates are higher
Contraception use is higher

Question 2

UK Population (2001-2011)

Answer 2

1950s Baby Boom leading to increased 40-50 year olds
Low youth due to low birth rates
Bare mans over 65
Migration has slightly increased birth rates

Question 3

Slough’s Demography

Answer 3

140,000 people
Best school grades
Highest birth rate
420 babies a month at WPH

Question 4

Rural Fertility

Answer 4

Low fertility, growth, migration, stress, density
Older adults as youth RUM
Lower healthcare access
Ethnically more White British

Question 5

Urban Fertility

Answer 5

High fertility
Young adults
High Density/Growth
Better Healthcare
Young Population
Ethnically Diverse
More Stress

Question 6

Factors Changing Demography

Answer 6

Flight
Large Scale Migration
Economic Investment
Post-Industrial Britian
Long-Term Ethnic Enclaves

Question 7

Flight

Answer 7

Proximity of Lonodn means families move to suburbanised Langley and older families move away

Question 8

Large-Scale Migration

Answer 8

Post-colonial migrants working around Heathrow etc. Also A8 migration. Both have increased birth rate but Brexit has slowed migration flow.

Question 9

Economic Investment

Answer 9

Lower median age can attract investment, attraction more diversity and migration, increasing birth rate.

Question 10

Post-Industrial Britain

Answer 10

Private companies in Slough post-industrialisation leading to higher birth rates.