family - demography

Question 1

4 reasons for decline in birth rate

Answer 1

1) changing position of women
2) increase in birth control methods
3) economic reasons
4) child centredness

Question 2

impact of declining birth rate

Answer 2

aging population creates an increased dependancy ratio

Question 3

4 reasons for decline in death rate

Answer 3

1) improved nutrition
2) medical improvements (e.g. NHS)
3) public health measures
4) social change (e.g. decline in manual labour)

Question 4

3 reasons for aging population

Answer 4

1) increased life expectancy
2) low infant mortality rate
3) declining fertility

Question 5

impact of aging population (4)

Answer 5

1) increased strain on public services
2) more one-person households
3) the rising dependency ratio
4) ageism

Question 6

phillipson (marxist)

Answer 6

elderly people are no use to capitalism as they are economically dependant

Question 7

hunt (postmodernist)

Answer 7

our age no longer restricts us in todays society

Question 8

immigration and emigration

Answer 8

immigration - moving into a society
emigration - moving out of a society

Question 9

push factors for migration

Answer 9

unemployment & economic recession

Question 10

pull factors for migration

Answer 10

higher wages and better opportunities