Families And Households- Migration Flashcards
What is demography?
-The term used for the study of the population
-Information on the population is obtained from a wide variety of sources
-Registration of births,deaths and marriages and the census
Why do the government need accurate information about the population?
-To be able to plan policies
-Allocation of scarce resources
-Land
-Housing
-Education
-Finance
-Wether the population is increasing
-Distrubution
-Typical family
-Predicting future trends
What will this information influence?
-Number of schools/hospitals
-Number of sizes/houses
-Numbers of Jobs needs
-How many people need to be trained
-Welfare benefits
What are the 4 factors that influence the size of a country’s population?
-Births
-Deaths
-Immigration
-Emigration
In 2021 what % of the population over the age of 16 were from a minority ethnic background?
-13%
When did net migration hit its highest figure (what was the figure)?
-November 2022
-504,000
Define globalisation?
-The idea that barriers between societies are disappearing and people are becoming increasingly interconnected across national boundaries
Why are there links between migration and globalisation?
-More people are moving between countries for work and the number of people who live outside their country of birth has increased
What % of EU immigrants make up all immigrants?
88%
How many people were seeking asylum by the end of March 2014?
24,000
What are the effects of glabalisation?
-More immigration from the EU and more emigration to the EU
-More undocumented workers are those who came to stay in the UK illegally
-More asylum seekers
-Greater cultural diversity,growing number of couples from different cultural backgrounds
-Changing families,migrants from Eastern Europe tend to have larger families contributing to a baby boom in the 2000s
Why do people seek asylum?
Escaping:
-Prosecution
-Torture
-Potential death
Why is there greater cultural diversity?
Growing number of couples from different cultural backgrounds
