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
what was chinas fertility rate by the end?
1.6 (lower than uk)
why is the fact that they had to stop the policy a sign that it is not sustainable?
they reduced the population down so much that wasn’t economically sustainable
why do people still only have one child?
culture has been embedded into society
what is the little emperor syndrome?
boys were very spoilt due to only child
what is the 421 phenomenon
idea that four grandparents two parents and one child
care for their elderly
why is there now a gender imbalance/
boys are favoured in china so girls were commonly aborted, left on the street etc causing a big imbalance
what type of crime has increased:
sexual crimes due to lack of women
what type of population did china become?
ageing
how old did people have to be to get married?
22 men
20 women
