Ageing Population

Question 1

Reasons why ageing population is increasing ?

Answer 1

1. Improved healthcare
2. Changing social attitudes to children
3. Children as economic burden

Question 2

What are the points for reason 1 improved healthcare?

Answer 2

• medical advancements
• healthcare awareness campaign

Question 3

What is medical advancement

Answer 3

Due to NHS introduction everyone has access to health as can afford
E.g
- mass vaccinations for diseases
- advanced drug technology

Question 4

Points for improved healthcare?

Answer 4

Campaigns as awareness for health threatening behavior snd persuade people to change lifestyles e.g

• Improved knowledge e.g NHS five a day
• reduction on smoking habits
• danger of alcohol consumption

SO LONGER LIFE EXPECTANCY

Question 5

What are the points changing social attitudes to children ?

Answer 5

• childless to childfree
• child centerdness

Question 6

What does childless and childfree say ?

Answer 6

• Smaller families now ways of improving living standards
• childlessness use to be seen as unfortunate
• now couples refer to themselves as childfree as open lifestyle choice

Question 7

what does child centerdness say ?

Answer 7

Reduced economic attractiveness for large children so parents more likely to concentrate on raising smaller children as well as they can

Question 8

Points for children as economic burden ?

Answer 8

• Children moving from economic asset to economic burden
• Cost of child

Question 9

What is children moving form economic assets to economic burden?

Answer 9

• 19th century children seen as economic asset by working class parents as go out to work to bring money to support parents in old age
• but now children spend in school has increased and become financial burden

Question 10

What is the cost of the child ?

Answer 10

• 1 in 5 delayed having another children due to cuts in benefits
• 460 pounds parents spend on what children pestered them for that they did not need. Junk food