Factors Affecting BR And DR (Government Policy) Flashcards
What does government policy aim to achieve?
Government policy aims to change people’s behavior.
During the 1950s and 1960s, what did South Africa’s apartheid government encourage white people to do?
South Africa’s apartheid government encouraged white people to have large families.
What law did the Chinese government create and in what year!
In 1979 the Chinese government made a law that said women in certain areas could have only one child.
What was the exception in a specific area?
In some rural areas, if the child was a girl, the family was allowed to have a second child.
What did the Chinese government hope to achieve by implementing this law?
The government hoped this law would lower China’s high population growth rate.
Where was the Chinese law mostly applied?
The law was applied mostly in urban areas. This policy is still in place today (2013)
What reward did the Chinese government give? To whom?
The Chinese givers gave people who only had one child free education and housing benefits.
What did the Chinese government do to those with more than one child?
The government fined people and stopped them from getting better jobs if they had more than one child.
What is the fine for having extra children in China called?
It is known as the ‘social maintenance fee’.
How much has the government collected in ‘social maintenance fees’ and since what year?
The government has collected of 2 trillion yuan ($314 billion) in such fees since 1980
What happens when the fine payment is failed?
Failure to pay means the second child cannot obtain a household-registration document, or hukou, which bring with it basic rights such as education.
How much will a husband and wife from shanghai pay in fines?
A husband and wife in shanghai will each pay 110,000 yuan ($17,300), which is three times their average yearly income, if they have a second child.
