demography Flashcards
1
Q
What are the reasons to why the birth rate might have dropped?
A
- changing postition of women
- fall in infant mortality rate
- children as an economic liability
- child centeredness
2
Q
Why might the changing position of women explain the lower birth rate?
A
- increased involvement in further education
- more likely to work fulltime
- changing attitudes to the women’s role
- its easier and cheaper to divorce and live alone
- abortion and contraception is accessible
3
Q
Why might the lower infant mortality rate lower the birth rate?
A
- people don’t need to have backup kids
4
Q
Why might children being an economic liability lead to the lower birth rate?
A
- instead of earning money they cost money
5
Q
What effect does a falling birthrate have?
A
- changing dependency ratio
6
Q
Why has the death rate fallen?
A
- nutrition
- medical improvements
- public health
- social changes
7
Q
Why is migration increasing?
A
- physically easier to move countries
- many countries rely on immigration and encourage it
- international and civil war continue to be a part of our global community
8
Q
What is the Windrush generation?
A
- Caribbean people who were invited to the UK to help rebuild the country after WW2
9
Q
What are the two approaches to managing immigration?
A
- assimilation
- multiculturalism
10
Q
What is assimilation?
A
- idea that immigrants should become like national citiznes and adopt their norms, values and ways of life
11
Q
What are problems with assimilation?
A
- immigrants may feel inherently wrong and unliked
- immigrant may want to retain all or part of their cultural identity
12
Q
What is multiculturalism?
A
- idea that immigrants should retain a seperate cultural identity, by allowing shallow cultural diversity, but not deep diversity
