Demography Flashcards
1
Q
What are the reasons for the decline of birth rates
A
- Feminisation of the economy in the 60’s and 70’s lead to women being more career focused
- Feminist ideas about the role of women changing like the role in the family
- More social policies for women such as equal pay act and equal opportunity act.
- Decline of religious beliefs and more Liberal attuides
- Cost of living going up.
2
Q
Give reason for the change of fertility rate
A
- Reliable birth control became more common in the NHS in 1961 gave women more control over reproduction.
- The feminisation of the economy.
3
Q
What are the effects of birth and fertility rates on the family ?
A
- Familes have declined in size. In 2013 47%
2. May be linked to the decline of full time motherhood over 60% of couples are now dual earners.
4
Q
Reasons for the decline of the death rate and rise of life expentancy
A
- Rising wages lifted many out of poverty and improved the standard of living in the early part of the 20th century.
- Puplic health and introduction of clean water and creation of the NHS in 1948.
5
Q
Effects of ageing population
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Led to an increase in one person households 47% of all House were like this
The rise of extended families due ageing population and economic factors like cost of living going up.
6
Q
The economic conseques of an ageing population for the family.
A
People must pay for elder people care
Means greater tax burden for everyone.
