Demographic Change- Topic 3

Question 1

Reasons for decline in birth rate

Answer 1

-womans attitudes- genderquake

-childhood commercialized- 2014 raise till 21 £227,000

-secularisation- decline in religious beliefs

-voluntary childlessness

-femminisation of the ecconomy

-reliable birth control- 1974 NHS made it accessible for single women

Question 2

Factors that influence migration

Answer 2

-leglislation and boarder controls- laws governing the right for people to move countries eg. commonwealth

-globalisation- barries between societies are disappearing

Question 3

Reasons for fall in death rate

Answer 3

-rising wages- lifted people out of poverty

-public health policy- improved sanitation

-social housing- good ventilation

-NHS

Question 4

Economic effects of aging

Answer 4

Burdens of independence- Hirsch 2016 for every 1 pensioner there was 3.2 people of working age
More pensioners and heathcare higher tax for working

Strain on public services- governments have to make cuts in local funding to provide for healthcare services

Question 5

Effects of aging on families

Answer 5

One person pensioner housholds - may not have family to support (2013 3.6 million)

extended families- ecconomic pressure on younger memebers

Grandparenting- chambers, 2012 5.8 million looked after grandchildren on average 10 hours a week

Question 6

Why aging pop is a problem

Answer 6

Agism- dicrimination in work and healthcare

strain on the NHS

Housing- older have assests like housed that they now keep for longer, cant home younger families as well as not affording

Question 7

Why aging pop is NOT a problem

Answer 7

Chambers- they have been steryotyped as unproductive and dependant, can be a resource eg. grandparenting

Demographic change helps- more migrants of working age help the balance.

Andrew Blaikie- postmodern view new type of aging want to be healthy and active. products in the market direct this. - make profit from their needs.