DEMOGRAPHY

Question 1

What is birth rate?

Answer 1

The number of live births per yer 1000

Question 2

What are the reasons for a decline in birth rate? (4)

Answer 2

Change in the position of women
Fall in infant mortality rate
Children are an economic liability
Child centeredness

Question 3

Why has there been a fall in the infant mortality rate?

Answer 3

Improved housing
Nutrition
Knowledge of hygiene and childbirth
Technology

Question 4

What is the impacts of the decline in brith rate?

Answer 4

The dependency ratio increases

Public services- fewer schools, child health etc

Question 5

What is death rate?

Answer 5

The number of deaths per 1000 per year

Question 6

What are the reasons for the decline in death rate?

Answer 6

Improved nutrition
Medical improvements- antibiotics
Public health improvement- housing
Social change- greater knowledge of disease, decline in manual labour

Question 7

What are the reasons for an increasing aging population?

Answer 7

Increased life expectancy
Low infant mortality rate
Declining fertility

Question 8

What are the impacts of an increasing age population?

Answer 8

Increased strain on public services
More one person households
The rising dependency ratio
Ageism

Question 9

According to Marxist Phillipson, what is the reason for ageism?

Answer 9

The old are of no use to capitalism because they aren’t productive, therefore the state is unwilling to support them. The burden is left on family members

Question 10

According to Postmodernist Hunt, what is the argument against the grow in ageism

Answer 10

We can choose our identity no matter what our age is, it no longer determines who we are. Therefore the elderly has become a market for body maintenance and services, such as cosmetic surgery, gym membership and anti-aging products