Demography

Question 1

McKeown

Answer 1

Reduced death rates
-improved nutrition
-ethical
-social change
-public health measures

Question 2

Population size

Answer 2

-birth
-death
-immigration
-emmigration

Question 3

Size and age structure fact

Answer 3

-1801 population at 10.5 million
-1901 at 37 million
-2007 at 61 million

Question 4

Fertility rate

Answer 4

Average number of children women will have
-between ages of 15 and 44
-more women remaining childless

Question 5

Harper

Answer 5

Reason women are remaining childless
-position of women
-children now economic liability
-child centred
-decline in Infant mortality rate

Question 6

Harper

Answer 6

Position of women
-education rise
-change of mindset
-career driven

Question 7

Children and Income

Answer 7

-children set adults back £8000 in first year of life
-cheapest age 12 to 18 at £700
-university double the figures

Question 8

Changing number of babies had effects society

Answer 8

-family
-dependency ratio
-public service and police

Question 9

Social change in jobs

Answer 9

-reduced dangerous manual occupations
-higher income, healthier lifestyle

Question 10

Death Facts

Answer 10

-stayed the same since 1900
-WW2 and flu

Question 11

McKeown

Answer 11

-improved nutrition
-reduction in death
-resist infection
-medical improvements since 60s

Question 12

Public health measures

Answer 12

-20th century
-government have power to make progress
-clean air reducing air pollution

Question 13

Life expectancy

Answer 13

-2003 men live till 76 and women 81
-women live longer due to lifestyle
-working class men 3x more likely to die before 65

Question 14

Ageing population has risen

Answer 14

-2007 at 39.6
-fewer younger people and more older people

Question 15

Consequences of older population

Answer 15

-public services
-one pension household
-dependency ratio
-policy change

Question 16

Ageism

Answer 16

-negative stereotype and unequal treatment of people based on age
-discrimination at employment

Question 17

Modern society and old age

Answer 17

-life structured into fixed series of stage
-old is excluded from role of labour force

Question 18

Philipson

Answer 18

-old are no use to capitalism
-state are unwilling to support them
But, old do still contribute to economy and old age is a very broad category

Question 19

Postmodern and old age

Answer 19

-old stage of life now broken down with more choice
-blur the boundaries

Question 20

Pilcher

Answer 20

-class and gender still remain important
-middle class have better occupational pension
-sexism and lower earnings of women

Question 21

Net migration

Answer 21

-difference between the number off immigrants and the number of emigrants

Question 22

Immigration to the UK

Answer 22

-south asian
-candana USA
-black from Caribbean

Question 23

Emigration

Answer 23

-USA
-New Zealand
-Australia

Question 24

Immigrants and Population

Answer 24

-lower the age of the population and are more fertile
-likely to be working age, lower dependency ratio
But, they do have more children

Question 25

Globalisation

Answer 25

-increased diversity for migration e.g. students and asylum
-before the 90s immigrants to the UK were farmers colonies and had right to settle
-since 90s super diverse

Question 26

Cohen

Answer 26

-class difference among immigrants
-citizens have full rights
-denizen are foreign nationals welcomed by state
-helots are slaves who are exploited

Question 27

Feminisation of migration

Answer 27

-used to be men
-now 1/2 women

Question 30

Ehrenreion and Hochschild

Answer 30

-care, domestic and sex work done by women in poor countries
-western men unwilling to do domestic work
-women fill the gap and transfer emotional labour
-service occupation expanded for women

Question 31

Migrant Identity

Answer 31

-hybrid identities
-Bangladesh muslim in Britain may see themselves as muslim first, then Bangladesh, then British

Question 32

Eriksen

Answer 32

-transnational identity
-pattern of back forth movement of people
-not just permeant settle
-migrants are less likely to see themselves as belonging to another country

Question 33

Politicisation and migration

Answer 33

-state have polices to control immigration
-linked to national security and anti terrorism
-encourage immigrants to adapt to language
-leads to workers blaming immigrants for social problems