Demography Theories

Question 1

Falkingham and Champion

Answer 1

Population is uneven, migration affects birth and death rate

Question 2

Balbao et al

Answer 2

TFR has dropped due to contraception, role of women and child centred ness

Question 3

Official statistics

Answer 3

Birth rate increase, women of all ages are having children and better government support

Question 4

Norman

Answer 4

Decline in youth dependency ratio is good short term but bad long term

Question 5

Evandrou

Answer 5

Biggest factor affecting death rate is IMR

Question 6

Moore

Answer 6

Decline in death rate is the adoption of biomedical disease

Question 7

Tranter

Answer 7

Falling death rate is due to anti bioticw and the suspension of NHS

Question 8

McKeown

Answer 8

Falling death rate not due to medicine but to public health

Question 9

Marmont review

Answer 9

WC due early due to psychological wear and tear of being poor

Question 10

Key

Answer 10

Older people spend more on the NHS

Question 11

Coming and Henry

Answer 11

Marginalisation of older people is good for society

Question 12

Hockey and James

Answer 12

Being elderly is a social construct

Question 13

Green

Answer 13

Guilty of individual ageism

Question 14

Vincent

Answer 14

Structure of society forces the elderly to be vulnerable

Question 15

Featherstone and Hepsworth

Answer 15

Postmodern society people are free to reject the chronological age

Question 16

Raghuram and Erel

Answer 16

Most migration is due to social network

Question 17

Cases and miller

Answer 17

Live in the age of migration it’s the new norm

Question 18

Bradley

Answer 18

Translocation leads to hybrid identities