Topic 2- Family [Lesson 9]

Question 1

Demography and Birth Rates

What is Demography?

Answer 1

The study of populations and their charcateristics, e.g. it’s size, the amount of births or the amount of deaths

Question 2

Demography and B.R

What was the main reason for population growth before 1980?

Answer 2

Natural Change (more births than deaths)

Question 3

D and B.R

What was the main reason for population growth after 1980?

Answer 3

Net migration (more immigration than emigration)

Question 4

D and B.R

What do you measure to find the fertility rate?

Answer 4

The average number of children a woman will have in her fertile years.

Question 5

Why has the fertility rate decreased?

Answer 5

-Less women are having children (less stigma)
-Women are postponing having children to a later age

Question 6

What are some reasons for the decline in Birth Rate?

Answer 6

-Change in women’s position
-Decline in the infant mortality rate
-Children are now an economic liablility
-Increased child centeredness

Question 7

What are some effects of changes in fertility?

Answer 7

-People now have smaller families
-There is a smaller ‘burden of dependency’ (dependency ratio)
-Vanishing children (more only childs)
-An ageing population