Fertility Policies Flashcards

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What is the aim of fertility policies?

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They aim for optimum population and address under and over population.

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What is pro-natalist policy?

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They address under population and aim to increase the fertility rate of a country.

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How do they achieve higher fertility rate?

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They could use coercive strategies such as in Romania where they increased taxes for married couples childless over the age of 25.

They could also receive a financial award such as in France/Sweden and Germany for if you have a certain number of children.

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What is an anti-natalist policy?

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This is a policy which addresses overpopulation and aims to decrease fertility rates.

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How do they decrease fertility rates?

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They could use a coercive strategy such as the one child policy used in China.

They could use a democratic approach like in Mauritius which focused on raising the status of women, restricting early marriage and improving family planning advice.

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