Demography

Question 1

Births

Answer 1

Total fertility rate
reasons for the decline in birthrate-decline infant mortality rate, children are economic liability, Child centredness, future trends
Effects of changes in fertility-The family the dependency ratio public services and policies

Question 2

Deaths

Answer 2

Reasons for the decline in the death rate-improve nutrition, medical improvements, smoking and diet, public health measures, other social changes
Life expectancy- Class gender and regional differences

Question 3

Ageing population

Answer 3

Effects- public services, One person pensioner households, dependency ratio
Ageism-maternity and old-age versus post-modernity in old-age, inequality among the old, policy implications

Question 4

Migration

Answer 4

Immigration
Emigration
impact of immigration on UK population structure
Globalisation and migration-acceleration, differentiation, feminisation of migration
Migrant identities- transnational identities
Politicisation of migration