Demography Flashcards
What is demography?
The study of the characteristics of human populations such as their size structure and how these things change over time
What are the 4 explanations for the decline in the birth rate?
Changes in the position of women
Decline in infant mortality rate
Children have become an economic liability
Child centredness
What are the 6 reasons why women may be having less babies?
They have legal equality with men
Educational opportunities
Women in employment
Access to divorce
Contraception and abortion
Changes in attitudes to family life
How have changes in the position of women had an impact on birth rate?
Women see other opportunities so are delaying childbearing or not having children at all to pursue a career
Who is the theorist for changes in the position of women impacting birth and what do they say?
Harper
Education has led to women developing a new mindset to aspire to a career
What is a criticism of changes in the position of women impacting birth rates?
The dependency ratio- less babies born into a society has negative consequences for the population as the working population decreases causing an increase in dependency for those in paid employment
How has the decline in the infant mortality rate impacted birth rates?
Less infants die due so the birth rate has increased
What 4 reasons are there for the infant mortality rate decreasing?
Improved housing
Better sanitation
Fall in the number of married women working (improved health)
Improved services for mothers and children
