CHINA case study

Question 1

Population in 2015:

Answer 1

Population of 1.36 billion
20% of the world total then.

Question 2

1950 deaths rate

Answer 2

18/1000

Question 3

Life expectancy of 1950

Answer 3

35 years

Question 4

Death rate in 2002

Answer 4

Rose to 7.4/1000 due to aging population

Question 5

life expectancy in 2002

Answer 5

74 years

Question 6

The birth rate fell from

Question 7

Why the need

Answer 7

-The projections for population growth showed that the country would suffer food shortages and limited resources
- stopping pop growth allowed resources to be better used in industry boom

Question 8

• life expectancy rise:

Answer 8

-Lowered death rate
- life expectancy rose from 36 (1950) to 67 ( 1979)

Question 9

No women under 20 could

Answer 9

marry

Question 10

baby permit needed to have babies,
Only issued to

Answer 10

women of the right age with no kids

Question 11

Pregnancy without licence

Answer 11

encouraged abortion

Question 12

Incentives

Answer 12

free contraception and pre-natal classes

Question 13

If you had a child with a license

Answer 13

you received free nursery care and education for the child

Question 14

Severe fine but no consequence given to couples keeping

Answer 14

a second child

Question 15

Women with one kid were

Answer 15

sterilized

Question 16

Rural areas were allowed two kids but they had to have

Answer 16

a two year gap

Question 17

Enforcement

Answer 17

-long history of the govs influence over people’s daily lives
- nominated leaders in state owned factories and farms would enforce
- GRANNY POLICE street level women who would check families followed rules and reported

Question 18

How many boys to girls

Answer 18

117/100

Question 19

How many births were prevented from 1979- 2011

Answer 19

200-400 million

Question 20

boy preference meant

Answer 20

-girls aborted, given away or killed at birth
-Less women now to produce kids
- prediction of declining age/sex structure.

Question 21

fewer children to support older generations

Answer 21

older generations rely on
- retirement savings
- charity

Question 22

Only children so spoiled so less were forced to work

Answer 22

Created stay at home kids now.

Question 23

Policy violates human rights

Answer 23

forced sterilisation is against human rights

Question 24

Two child policy becomes universal in :
Why:

Answer 24

-2015
-government anxious as elderly dependency ratio increasing