One Child Policy Flashcards
When was the OCP introduced?
1980
Why did the Chinese government create the policy?
To bring china’s massive population under control
What problems did China’s large population create?
Densely populated city’s, bad air quality, water scarcity, famine, large amounts of extreme poverty, shortage of jobs, overcrowded hospitals
What percentage of chinas population lived in extreme poverty during the 1980s
90%
Average birth rate before OCP
5.8 births per woman
What incentives did the Chinese government put in place for OCP
Financial aid, better housing, longer maternity leave, retirement funds, better wages.
Punishments for not obeying OCP
Social raising fees, permanent contraceptives and fines.
How many births were prevented by OCP?
400 million
What was the birth rate per women once the OCP was removed?
1.8 per women
Why was their an imbalance between males and females after OCP?
Because male babies were preferred seeing as they would look after their family for the rest of their life, this meant that female babies were often abandoned or killed.
What age is the majority of chinas population?
Majority of chinas population is now old meaning there is a shortage of workers.
How many births were prevented by the one child policy
400 million
How long did the OCP last
32 years
