Demography Flashcards
(11 cards)
What are the four reasons for the decline in birth rates?
Changes in the position of women
Fall in infant mortality rates
Children as an economic liability
Child centerdness
What does Harper state about the changes in position in women?
Education has led to the change in mindset of women.
What does the changes in position of women mean?
Increased educational opportunities, more women in paid work, changes in attitudes towards family life, and the women’s roles, wider access to abortion or contraceptive.
What does the fall in infant mortality rate mean?
There has been improved housing, sanitation, nutrition and knowledge of hygiene/ child health.
This means that less infants face death.
What does children being an economic liability mean?
Children are remaining economically liable and dependent for longer due to laws banning child labour coupled with the intro of compulsory schooling.
What does child centredness mean?
Childhood is socially constructed and a uniquely important period of life, parents focus on quality not quantity, therefore, fewer children but lavish more attention and resources on them.
What are four reasons for the decline in death rates?
Improved nutrition
Medical improvements
Public health improvements
Social change
What did Walker find about Uk housing?
They found that those living in the poorest areas of England die on average 7 years earlier than those in the richest.
What are the three reasons for the ageing population?
Increased life expectancy
Low infant mortality rate
Declining in fertility
What are the four impacts of an ageing population?
Increased strain on public services
More one person households
The rising dependency ratio
Ageism
What does Marxist Philipson state about the ageing population?
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