Birth rates

Question 1

Define Birth rate

Answer 1

Birth rate- the number of live births per 1000 of the population per year e.g., if the BR is 15, 15 live births occurred for every 1000 members of the population that year

Question 2

What is the current trend in birth rates ?

Answer 2

They are declining

Question 3

Name 4 reasons for the decline in birth rates

Answer 3

Changes in the Position Of Women (CPOW)​
Decline in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
Child-centeredness
Children are now an economic liability

Question 4

CPOW

Answer 4

Legal equality with men, including the right to vote​

Increased educational opportunities​

Increased employment opportunities and equal pay with men​

Equalities act

Changes in attitudes to family life and status of women and their traditional ‘expressive’ role.​

Easier access to divorce​

Access to reliable contraception and abortion services giving women control over their fertility​​

Harper 2012

Question 5

Summarise Harpers study

Answer 5

Argues that the education of women is the most important reason for the long term fall in fertility and birth rates. It has led to a change of mind set among women, resulting in fewer children

Question 6

What theory would support this?

Answer 6

Liberal Feminist - March of progress away from patriarchal control