Case Study - High Population Growth

Question 1

What is China’s policy called?

Answer 1

One-Child policy

Question 2

What does this policy aim to do?

Answer 2

Reduce rapid population growth

Question 3

Between what years did China’s population grow rapidly?

Answer 3

1950’s and 1960’s

Question 4

What weren’t there enough of to support the rapid population growth?

Answer 4

Resources

Question 5

When was the policy introduced?

Answer 5

1979

Question 6

What did couples get in return for only having one child?

Answer 6

Financial and welfare benefits

Question 7

What age could men not get married till?

Answer 7

22

Question 8

What age could women not get married till?

Answer 8

20

Question 9

Did couples have to apply to get married and have a baby?

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

What salary/wage bonus did couples receive?

Answer 10

10%

Question 11

What else did couples receive for only having one child?

Answer 11

free education, family benefits and priority access to housing

Question 12

What did couples who went against this policy receive?

Answer 12

Fines

Question 13

If a woman became pregnant for a second time, what was she forced to do?

Answer 13

Have an abortion

Question 14

How many babies did this policy prevent being born?

Answer 14

hundreds of millions

Question 15

Is Chinas population smaller or larger than it would have been thanks to the policy?

Answer 15

Smaller

Question 16

What does the lack of retirement homes mean for the Chinese children?

Answer 16

They will have to take care of four grandparents as well as their own parents

Question 17

Are there enough people to look after the elderly as a result of the policy?

Answer 17

No

Question 18

What gender does Chinese culture favour?

Answer 18

Boys

Question 19

What gender outnumbers the other?

Answer 19

Boys outnumber Girls

Question 20

What happened to baby girls during this policy?

Answer 20

They were abandoned or aborted

Question 21

Will it be easy or difficult for men to find a partner because of this policy?

Answer 21

Difficult

Question 22

From what year will there be more elderly than children in China?

Answer 22

2025

Question 23

Will economic expansion and growth be limited in the future?

Answer 23

Yes, because there aren’t enough workers

Question 24

Will taxes be increased or decrease due to the population decline?

Answer 24

Increased

Question 25

What are the positive impacts of this policy in terms of fertility?

Answer 25

The fertility rate in China has dropped, reducing future stress on resources

Question 26

Between what years has the average child per woman dropped from 6 to 2.5?

Answer 26

1950 and 2005

Question 27

How many births were avoided?

Answer 27

300-400 million

Question 28

Has over-population increased or reduced?

Answer 28

Reduced, particularly in South-east CHINA

Question 29

Since what year has the policy gradually reduced?

Answer 29

2013

Question 30

What did the policy change to allow?

Answer 30

They could have another child if their firstborn was a girl.

Question 31

In 2016, what did the policy further relax to allow?

Answer 31

Couples could have two children together, regardless of the gender