Ageing Population Flashcards
Reasons why ageing population is increasing ?
- Improved healthcare
- Changing social attitudes to children
- Children as economic burden
What are the points for reason 1 improved healthcare?
- medical advancements
- healthcare awareness campaign
What is medical advancement
Due to NHS introduction everyone has access to health as can afford
E.g
- mass vaccinations for diseases
- advanced drug technology
Points for improved healthcare?
Campaigns as awareness for health threatening behavior snd persuade people to change lifestyles e.g
- Improved knowledge e.g NHS five a day
- reduction on smoking habits
- danger of alcohol consumption
SO LONGER LIFE EXPECTANCY
What are the points changing social attitudes to children ?
- childless to childfree
- child centerdness
What does childless and childfree say ?
- Smaller families now ways of improving living standards
- childlessness use to be seen as unfortunate
- now couples refer to themselves as childfree as open lifestyle choice
what does child centerdness say ?
Reduced economic attractiveness for large children so parents more likely to concentrate on raising smaller children as well as they can
Points for children as economic burden ?
- Children moving from economic asset to economic burden
- Cost of child
What is children moving form economic assets to economic burden?
- 19th century children seen as economic asset by working class parents as go out to work to bring money to support parents in old age
- but now children spend in school has increased and become financial burden
What is the cost of the child ?
- 1 in 5 delayed having another children due to cuts in benefits
- 460 pounds parents spend on what children pestered them for that they did not need. Junk food
