DEMOGRAPHICS of family and households

Question 1

What 4 factors affect the size and structure population?

Answer 1

-birth rates
-death rates
-life expectancy
-migration/immigration

Question 2

What is the rounded current population size of the UK?

Answer 2

-as of november 2021, 68.4million

Question 3

What was the population size of the UK in 1900?

Answer 3

37 million

Question 4

Over the 100 years, what has happened to each factor?

Answer 4

-birth rate decreased
-death rate decreased
-life expectancy increased
-immigration into UK increased

Question 5

Between what ages has birth rates decreased and increased?

Answer 5

-decreased= 15-29
-increased= 30-40+

Question 6

What are the 4 factors affecting birth rates?

Answer 6

-changing position of women
-children= economic assets—> economic liability
(changing norms)
-decline in infant mortality rate
-society is now child-centred

Question 7

What is birth rate?

Answer 7

=the number of live births/1000/year

Question 8

What is migration?

Answer 8

=the movement of people in or out of an area

Question 9

Name 3 trends to do with migration?

Answer 9

-2000-2013, 3.2% of world left/entered UK, average migrant= 20-30
-next 25years, UK pop will grow by 9.6mil, 43% by migration
-25% of births in UK from immigrant women (prediction)

Question 10

name 3 factors for migration?

Answer 10

-globalisation
-laws and policies
-push and pull factors.

Question 11

what is making globalisation easier?

Answer 11

-travel is easier, quicker and more accessible
-transport and tech

Question 12

what did the EU agreement allow people to do

Answer 12

-live and work in other countries without permits
-be treated like other individuals in that country, equal treatment and employment opportunities.
-allowed to retire in other countries, easily accessible to do so.

Question 13

examples of push factors

Answer 13

-bad healthcare
-bad climate, experience lots of natural disasters
-war/conflict
-bad paid jobs

Question 14

examples of pull

Answer 14

-better education
-better healthcare
-better paid jobs
-better laws, values, accepting of people
-family/friends live there

Question 15

what is death rate?

Answer 15

the number of deaths/1000/year

Question 16

What did the death rate in the UK fall to and from between 1900 and 2012

Answer 16

-1900= 19
-2012= 8.9

Question 17

why was there small increases of the death rate between 1930 and 1940?

Answer 17

-ww2
-the Holocaust
-riots
-Great Depression

Question 18

why is the death rate declining?

Answer 18

-improved healthcare
-improved sanitation
-change in attitudes, improved nutrition
-welfare state
-improved housing
-public health measures
-higher income, safer jobs

Question 19

What did Harper say? (death rates)

Answer 19

predicted that if trend continues, a radical longevity will be achieved.

Question 20

what is life expectancy?

Answer 20

how long on average a person born can expect to live till

Question 21

between 1900 and 2016, what did the male and female le change from and to.

Answer 21

MALE
-1900= 50 -2016= 90

FEMALE
-1900=57 -2016=94

Question 22

a baby born today has a better chance of reaching it’s what bday compared to a baby in 1900 of reaching it’s 1st bday?

Answer 22

65th

Question 23

What 2 factors of CAGES can affect life expectancy?

Answer 23

-class
-gender

Question 24

what are the 3 ingredients for an ageing population?

Answer 24

1= declining fertility
2= declining infant mortality
3= increased life expectancy

Question 25

what is meant by an ageing population?

Answer 25

the average age of the population is rising
-there are fewer young people and more old people in the population

Question 26

what is a piece of evidence that supports the ageing population?

Answer 26

in 2014 the amount of over 65s overtook the number of under 16s for the 1st time

Question 27

what is the ageing population seen as?

Answer 27

healthier and more active, and so this helps them live longer