Demographics Flashcards
Push factors
-Escaping poverty
-Lack of jobs
-Unemployment
-Effects of war
-Joining relatives
Pull factors
-Better opportunities
-Higher standards of living
-Better healthcare
-Joining relatives
Robin Cohen (2006) distinguishes 3 types of migrant
Citizens- full citizenship rights
Denizens- privileged foreign nationals
Helots- unskilled poorly paid work
Isabel Shutes (2011)
40% of adult care nurses in the UK are migrants
Effects of globalisation
Globalisation has meant that more peoples lives connect with faraway places
How has globalisation affected the UK population
-More immigrants from the EU
-More undocumented workers
-More asylum seekers
-Greater cultural diversity
-Changing families
Life expectancy
Males born in England in 1900 could expect on average to liv until they were 50
Nowadays in 2013 they can now live until 90.7
Walker (2011)
Those living in the poorest areas of England die on average 7 years earlier than the richest areas
Explanations for changes in the death rate, infant mortality and increased life expectancy
-Improved hygiene
-Higher living standards
-Public health and welfare
-Health education
-Improved working conditions
Extended families
Wall- 1950’s, 40% elderly were taken in by relatives
2010 Lloyds TSB insurance- 500,000 3 generation households in the UK
Advantages of an ageing population
-Boost to the economy
-More social cohesion
-Less crime
-Family support
Disadvantages of an ageing population
-A growing burden of dependence
-More poverty
-A loss of skill and experience
-More ill health
-More work for women
Decline in the birth rate, fertility rate and average family size
Since 1900 birth rate has declined with a slight increase since 2000
Why has the average family size declined
-Contraception
-Compulsory education
-Rising costs of having children
-Changing role of women
Contraceptive pill
1961 and from 1974 it could be prescribed to single women
