Measuring Population Flashcards
1
Q
What may cause the population to decrease?
A
- desire for smaller families
- cost of bringing up a child - expensive
- access to fertility drugs and contraceptives
- less children needed to support families
2
Q
Name 3 factors that have contributed to decrease death rates
A
- Vaccination and immunisation- to prevent pandemic and epidemic diseases out breaking to a high level
- Clean drinking water and sewage disposal
- Better diets - ‘5 a day’
3
Q
Name factors that contribute to increase birth rates
A
- Access to fertility drugs
- Better hygiene in hospitals
- Children needed to support families
- I.V.F
4
Q
Name factors that contribute to increase death rates
A
- No vaccinations
- Poor diets
- No medicines
- Dirty drinking water
- Bad healthcare
- Sewage
- Less hygienic housing
- War
5
Q
Name factors that contribute to increase migration
A
- War
- Economic problems in the country
- Lack of farmland
- Famine
- Favourable immigration laws
- Poverty
- Unemployment
6
Q
Name factors that contribute to decrease birth rates
A
- Cost of bringing up child
- Desire for smaller families
- Access to contraceptives
- Government policies (China’s one child policy)
7
Q
Name factors that contribute to decrease immigration
A
- Country closing borders
- No war
- Damage to labour market
- Development of own country
- No famine or poverty
- More farmland
8
Q
What may cause the population to increase?
A
- clean drinking water and sewage disposal
- better healthcare
- modern medicines
- better diets - ‘5 a day’
- vaccinations and immunisations
- more hygienic housing
