4⃣ Demography 4) Ageing Population

Question 0

What are the three main reasons for this ageing

Answer 0

⚫️increasing life expectancy
➡️people are living longer

⚫️low infant mortality rate
➡️babies no longer die in large numbers

⚫️declining fertility
➡️fewer young people are born

Question 1

Describe the UK ageing population

Answer 1

⚫️1971- average age 34 years
⚫️now- nearly 40 
⚫️2031- 42.6 
➡️number of over 65
➡️overtake number of under 16s 
➡️first time ever in 2014

Question 2

What are the four social and economics effects the ageing population has

Answer 2

⚫public services

⚫️more one-person pensioner households

⚫️the rising dependency ratio

⚫️ageism

Question 3

How is public services a social and economic effect on the ageing population

Answer 3

➡️older people consume

➡️more health and social care services

Question 4

How is more one person pensioner households a social and economic effect on the ageing population

Answer 4

⚫️these now account for

➡️one in every seven households

Question 5

How is the rising dependency ratio a social and economic effect on the ageing population

Answer 5

⚫️the non-working old
➡️need to be provided for
➡️by those of working age 
➡️through taxation
➡️to pay for pensions and healthcare

Question 6

How is ageism a social and economic effect on the ageing population

Answer 6

⚫️age status are socially constructed
➡️usually constructed as a problem
➡️negative stereotype show old
➡️as incompetent and a burden

Question 7

Why is old age constucted as dependant

Answer 7

Of compulsory retirement age

Question 8

Compare ageism with childhood

Answer 8

⚫️Both old and young

➡️excluded from the labour market

Question 9

Describe the policy implications for ageing populations

Answer 9

⚫️hirsch
➡️we need new policies
➡️to finance a longer old age

➡️could be done either
➡️paying more in taxes
➡️raising retirement age