DEMOGRAPHICS of family and households Flashcards
(27 cards)
What 4 factors affect the size and structure population?
-birth rates
-death rates
-life expectancy
-migration/immigration
What is the rounded current population size of the UK?
-as of november 2021, 68.4million
What was the population size of the UK in 1900?
37 million
Over the 100 years, what has happened to each factor?
-birth rate decreased
-death rate decreased
-life expectancy increased
-immigration into UK increased
Between what ages has birth rates decreased and increased?
-decreased= 15-29
-increased= 30-40+
What are the 4 factors affecting birth rates?
-changing position of women
-children= economic assets—> economic liability
(changing norms)
-decline in infant mortality rate
-society is now child-centred
What is birth rate?
=the number of live births/1000/year
What is migration?
=the movement of people in or out of an area
Name 3 trends to do with migration?
-2000-2013, 3.2% of world left/entered UK, average migrant= 20-30
-next 25years, UK pop will grow by 9.6mil, 43% by migration
-25% of births in UK from immigrant women (prediction)
name 3 factors for migration?
-globalisation
-laws and policies
-push and pull factors.
what is making globalisation easier?
-travel is easier, quicker and more accessible
-transport and tech
what did the EU agreement allow people to do
-live and work in other countries without permits
-be treated like other individuals in that country, equal treatment and employment opportunities.
-allowed to retire in other countries, easily accessible to do so.
examples of push factors
-bad healthcare
-bad climate, experience lots of natural disasters
-war/conflict
-bad paid jobs
examples of pull
-better education
-better healthcare
-better paid jobs
-better laws, values, accepting of people
-family/friends live there
what is death rate?
the number of deaths/1000/year
What did the death rate in the UK fall to and from between 1900 and 2012
-1900= 19
-2012= 8.9
why was there small increases of the death rate between 1930 and 1940?
-ww2
-the Holocaust
-riots
-Great Depression
why is the death rate declining?
-improved healthcare
-improved sanitation
-change in attitudes, improved nutrition
-welfare state
-improved housing
-public health measures
-higher income, safer jobs
What did Harper say? (death rates)
predicted that if trend continues, a radical longevity will be achieved.
what is life expectancy?
how long on average a person born can expect to live till
between 1900 and 2016, what did the male and female le change from and to.
MALE
-1900= 50 -2016= 90
FEMALE
-1900=57 -2016=94
a baby born today has a better chance of reaching it’s what bday compared to a baby in 1900 of reaching it’s 1st bday?
65th
What 2 factors of CAGES can affect life expectancy?
-class
-gender
what are the 3 ingredients for an ageing population?
1= declining fertility
2= declining infant mortality
3= increased life expectancy
