demography

Question 1

DEMOGRAPJHY KEY TERMS

Answer 1

• BIRHT RATE - NUMBER OF LIVE BIRTHS PER THOUSAND OF THE POPULAITON YEAR

FERTILITY RATE - AVERAGE NUMBRER OF CHILDREN PER ADULT WOMAN

INFANT MORTALITY RATE - THE UMBER OF DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDR THE AGE OF 1 PER THOUSAND PER YEAR

MORTALITY RATE DEATH RATE - THE NUMBER OF DEARHS PER THOUDAND OF THE POPULATION PER YEAR

NET MIGRATION - THE NUMBER F PEOPLE MOVING INTO A COUNTRY MINUS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE MOVING AWAY

LIFE EXPECTANCY - THE AVERAGE LENGRH OF TIME SOMEONE IS EXPECTED TO LIVE TODAY

Question 2

KEY DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS

Answer 2

• BIRHT RATE - HAS FALLEN SINCE THE BEGINGING OF THE 20TH CENTURY, BIRTH RATE PEAKS AFTER THE TWO WORLD WARS KNOWN AS BABY BOOMERS
• FERTILITY RATE AFELL DRAMATICALLY FORM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, FAMILIES HAVING FEWER CHILDREN DELAYING CHILDBEARING OR HAVING NO CHILDREN AT ALL
  , INCREASE IN 2001 BUT STILL BELLOW HISTORICAL NUMBERS
  1.81 IN 2018
• INFANT MORTALITY RATE - POPULATION AS BIRTH RATES REMAIN HIGH LATER BIRTH RATES BEHAN TO FALL, PEOLE STOPPED HAVNG INSURANCE CHILDRE’
• MORTALITY RATE/DEATH RATE HAS FALLEN DRAMATICALLY SICNE 1900 FROM IMPROVED PUBLIC HEALTH, IMPROVED NUTITION, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPROVMENTS THAT BROUGHT DWONT HE DEATH RATE

TRANTA, FALL IN THE DEATH RATE IS CAUSED BY ILLIMINATION OF PREVENTABLE DISEASES

Question 3

KEY DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS 2

Answer 3

• NET MIGRATION - INCREASED, 2ND HALF OF THE 205H C
• NET MIGRATION - MORE PEOPLE TO ARRIVE THAN TO LEAVE

LIFE EXPECTANCEY - current life expectancy is 79.2 for males and 83.1 for females, been steadily climbing althoughh rate has slowed

in 1901 the life expectancy was around 50

Question 4

the ageing population

Answer 4

in the Uk and many other western societies currently an ageing population.

low death rates, low birth rates means uk population no longer resembles traditional population pyramid but the baby boomers have become the dependant older adults of today

the dependancy ration is problematic - Donald Hirsch - people will need to retire later and pay more tax

Question 5

• key impacts of ageing population on families and households

Answer 5

include

1. families have to find money for care costs rather than having them funded by the state
2. older adults may have to sell their homes for care, meaning next generation will not receive inheritance
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Question 6

evaluating the ageing population as a major problem

Answer 6

• increasingly older adults are a prosperous section f soceity

Blakey suggests that the older population are consumers and have the lesser time to spend money

• high net migration can help to solve the increased dependancy ration by bringing in more working adults
• pitcher suggest problems are social policy rather than demography, the issue is poor old people often women, social policy needs to reduce inequality against women Thant the ageing population would be less of a problem