China 1979

Question 1

What policy did China use

Answer 1

• One child policy 1979
• Received financial rewards ad welfare Benefits
• Hoped to Reduced population

Question 2

What were the consequences of China’s policy

Answer 2

• Fined
• If you worked for the government you could lose your job
• Forced abortions
• infanticide

Question 3

Social impacts (China)

Answer 3

• Girls were often left abandoned as boys were preferred (orphans)
• A child would have 2 parents and 4 grandparents to look after (not enough care homes)
• In 2020 - estimated - men will outnumber women by 30 million (social tension)
• By 2050 1/4 of pop will be over 65

Question 4

Economic impacts (China)

Answer 4

• Too many old people - Not enough money to support them in (health)care
• Dependency ratio - won’t be enough people working to pay for the elderly
• China’s economy won’t have enough workers to keep it expanding

Question 5

Effectiveness? (China)

Answer 5

• lead to forced abortions
• Number of women with children dropped from 5.7 to 1.8
• 24 million men are to be ‘leftover’
• 4-2-1
• Prevented 400 million births

Question 6

Why did China need a policy

Answer 6

• Population rapidly grew
• China would become unusable (not enough food, jobs, land etc)
• Struggle to produce enough energy for a large population