chinas policy to reduce population size Flashcards
when was the policy introduced?
1979
when was the policy scrapped?
2015
what does pronatalist mean?
encourage births
what does antinatalist mean?
discourage births
what type of policy was it>/
antinatalist
in 1970 how many people livd in china?
800 million plus
in 1984 what was allowed?
rural families were allowed an extra child to help with agriculture
who were the granny police?
people who spied on women to check their activity and go to government if had another child
who’s permission did families have to ask in order to have a family?
their place of employment
what happened to women after their first child?
most were sterilised
when had a child how much were salaries raised in order to stop them having another>/
10-15%
if families had a second child what happened?
government paid for none of it
salaries could be cut
what were the rewards for following the policy?
- free medical and school for child
- higher wages
- allowed to apply or a larger house
what were the punishments?
- if second child they had to return all money given for the first child
- second child has no residence permit
who many births were prevented?
400 million
