demography

Question 1

death rate 2021

Answer 1

10 per 1000

Question 2

why has death rate declined

Answer 2

development in medicine
living standards
wealth

Question 3

advantages of aging population

Answer 3

boost economy
social cohesion (volunteers ect)
less crime
family support

Question 4

Lawton

Answer 4

spoke about the “grey pound”
elderly spend money on leisure and cultural activities

Question 5

disadvantages of aging population

Answer 5

burden of dependency
increase in taxes
poverty - 2 mil elderly live below poverty line
ill health & disability
family stress

Question 6

cumming and henry

Answer 6

old people are disengaged from society
this is positive as it allows for opportunities for young people

Question 7

hockey and james

Answer 7

old age is socially constructed
retirement age forces capable people to withdraw and become dependent

Question 8

Hirsch

Answer 8

social policy needs to tackle issue of aging population

Question 9

policies for aging population

Answer 9

bedroom tax
adult social care reform
employers cant force employees to retire
changing retirement age

Question 10

feminist view on aging population

Answer 10

pivot generation - women look after children and elderly
elderly can takeover childcare for women to work

Question 11

post mod veiw on aging population

Answer 11

hunt - age no longer determines how we live

Question 12

Pilcher

Answer 12

middle class have better pensions meaning aging is a better experience

Question 13

immigration

Answer 13

number of people entering a country

Question 14

Emigration

Answer 14

number of people moving out a country

Question 15

net migration

Answer 15

the difference between immigration and emigration

Question 16

push factors for emigration

Answer 16

religious/political persecution
war
crime
poverty
unemployment

Question 17

pull factors for immigration

Answer 17

better living standards
political/ religious freedom
job opportunities
education
relatives

Question 18

impact of migration

Answer 18

dependency ratio
over population
age structure
higher birth rates

Question 19

2022 net migration stat

Answer 19

606,000

Question 20

impact of globalization on UK

Answer 20

21% immigration from EU
undocumented workers and illegal imigrants
asylum seekers (89,000 in 2022)

Question 21

Beck

Answer 21

world families and distant love

Question 22

Rohan - 3 types of migrants

Answer 22

citizens
denizens- wealthy foreign nationals
helots - slaves

Question 23

feminization of migration

Answer 23

almost half migrants are now female
take on roles as carers and offer sexual services

Question 24

result of feminisation of migration

Answer 24

expansion of service occupations in western countries
western women go to work and pay migrants for childcare
western men remain unwilling to perform domestic labour
the state fails to provide adequate childcare

Question 25

chambers

Answer 25

trade in surrogate mothers, mail order brides and family person care

Question 26

assimilation

Answer 26

first policy to address immigration
encourages immigrants to adopt language, values and customs of country

Question 27

Erikson

Answer 27

2 types of diversity
shallow
deep - move for multiculturalism