Change in a population size Flashcards
What are the 3 factors that affect population size and structure?
- Social
- Economic
- Political
What are the 4 social factors?
Education, migration, healthcare and lifestyle
In what year was the NHS set up?
1948
What did the introduction of the NHS lead to?
Increased life expectancy
What was educated and therefore beneficial to life expectancy?
The health effects of smoking and alcohol
What are the economic factors?
Availability of jobs and wage levels
What do economic factors lead to?
Migration to and from regions and countries in order to find a job
What attracts many Eastern European countries to the UK?
Higher wages
What are some population factors?
Government population policies and civil war
What is an example of a population policy?
China’s One-Child policy. Which has reduced the rate of natural increase in the country but has led to an ageing population and more males than females.
What can a civil war change in a country?
The age and sex structure of a country, since there are more men of a certain age dying out at war
Are birth and death rates high or low in a HIC?
Low
Where have birth rates fallen below death rates?
In Japan and Germany
