Demography Flashcards
Birth stats
Birth rate: 1900 was 28.7, 2014 was 12.2
Increase of 1.8% in 2020 live births from 2019 birth
Harper (education)
Education is the main reason for the fall in birth rate, fertility rate and career focused people
Harper (IMR)
A fall in IMR leads to a fall in BR as we don’t need to replace lost babies
Stats IMR
in 1900, UK was 15.4%, in 2014 Afghanistan was 11.7%
Brass and Kabir
there was a trend for smaller families in urban areas, even though IMR was high
Death stats
the death rate in 1900 was 19, and in 2012 it was 8.9
Tranter
3/4 of the decline in death rate is due to fall in infectious diseases
McKeown
Improved nutrition reduced death rates by half
Nutrition death stats
1/4 UK adults are obese and not many smoking
Ageing population stats
Life expectancy in 1900 for men was 50, for women was 57.
in 2013 for men was 90.7, for women was 94
Hirsch
Traditional age pyramids are disappearing, in 2041 there will be the same amount of 78 year olds as 5 year olds
Ageing population effects
Public services are dampened by on-person pensioner households, the dependency ratio is increasing
Philipson
Old people aren’t of use to capitalism, so they make the family take care of the elderly
Hunt
Lifestyle and identity can vary regardless of age, with different levels of consumption
Pilcher
Inequalities among the old such as class and gender
Age concern
29% of the elderly report suffering age discrimination
Hirsch (inequality)
Society needs to change as old age is a social construct, need to adapt policy to support it
Migration stats
In 2014 there were 260,000 net migrations with 25% of births to non-UK parents
Ehrenreich and Hochschild
Feminisation of migration due to increase in care, domestic and sex work due to increasing service occupation
Eriksen
Shallow and deep diversity.
Castles
Assimilationist policies are counter-productive leading to further marginalisation
