decline in the birth rates

Question 1

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Answer 1

With more developed societies there is now an increase in demographic transition which refers to the transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates from a pre-industrial to industrialized societies.

Question 2

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Answer 2

Using the demographic transition model Waugh identified that the reasons for a decrease in birth rates are the Access to contraception, sterilization and abortion to make family planning easier, An increased desire for material goods coupled with an increasing cost of raising children creates incentives for smaller families, The emancipation of women, which encourages women to have fewer children and to delay childbirth until their careers are established and A decline in the death rate for young children with improvements in hygiene and medical care means that there is less pressure to have many children in case one or more of them dies before reaching adulthood.

Question 3

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Answer 3

The decline in fertility is a consequence of women having children later in life as The later women leave the birth of their first child, the fewer fertile years they have remaining, making it likely that they will have fewer children overall.

Question 4

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Answer 4

According to Social Trends (2006), in 1971 the average age of mothers at first birth was 23.7 but by 2010 it had risen considerably to 27. The average age for all births also rose from 26.6 in 1971 to 30 in 2004. In part, Morgan pointed out the decline in fertility is a consequence of women having children later in life.

Question 5

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Answer 5

Birth rates are the number of live births per thousand of population per year. In recent years in has become apparent that there has been a decrease in birth rates for different reasons.