demography

Question 1

harper

Answer 1

the education of women is the most important factor in the fall of the birth rate in recent years because educated women are more likely to use family planning and see other possibilities for their future

Question 2

tranter

Answer 2

over three quarters of the decline in the death rate between 1850-1970 was due to the fall in the number of deaths from infectious diseases

Question 3

mckeown

Answer 3

argues that improved nutrition was responsible for up to half of the reduction in death rates

Question 4

walker

Answer 4

those living in the poorest areas of britain die on average 7 years earlier than those in other areas

Question 5

phillipson

Answer 5

argues that the elderly are of no use to capitalism because they are not productive and so they are excluded from paid work

Question 6

hunt

Answer 6

argues in post modern society we are able to pick and choose identities regardless of age

Question 7

hirsch

Answer 7

argues a number of policies will need to be put in place to tackle the problems caused by an ageing population

Question 8

hoschild

Answer 8

identifies that care work, house work and sex work in the UK and USA is increasingly performed by women migrants

Question 9

eade

Answer 9

found that second generation bangladeshi muslim immigrants created ‘hybrid identities’