P2 Families and Household - Life Expectancy

Question 1

What was the life expectancy in 1951?

Answer 1

40 years for males

44 years for females

Question 2

What was the life expectancy in 2013?

Answer 2

79.1 years for males

82.8 for females

Question 3

What was the life expectancy in 2020?

Answer 3

79 for males

82.9 for females

Question 4

How might the increase in life expectancy affect family diversity?

Answer 4

• May lead to a decrease in nuclear families if some people are choosing to focus on their careers they may not necessarily have children
• The increase in the elderly may also lead to an increase in extended families and single parent households

Question 5

How might an increase in life expectancy impact society as a whole?

Answer 5

Improvement in knowledge, for example, medical knowledge, can be tracked and obtained over time and this leads to life expectancy to be increased