PAPER 2 (F&H Demography THEORIES) Flashcards
Birth rate (2023 UK)
11.27 per 1000
Total Fertility Rates in 2023
Non-UK born women - 2.0
UK-born women - 1.49
Glasgow effect
Poorest part of Glasgow, men have a life expectancy of 54. In India it is 62, however, people in India are poorer. Shows it is inequality rather than poverty that causes this.
McKeown
Argues that improved nutrition accounted for up to half the reduction in death rates.
1948 introduction of NHS
Mass vaccination and immunisation programmes, improved maternity services.
American health culture
We have high rates of obesity and are less healthy, however, we are spending more money on healthcare to artificially prolong our lives.
Harper
Smoking is the thing that has had the biggest impact.
SMOG (1952)
Visibility was less than half a meter, smoke and fog were getting trapped. Flares were used to see. Lots of people died due to air pollution.
Clean air acts
Laws passed to say we must have clean air.
Life expectancy for men and women now vs in the past
Now - 79 for males and 83 for females.
1900 - 50 for males and 57 for females.
Hirsch
Says that the age pyramid is becoming equal sized blocks.
Marxists explanation on ageism.
Old people are no longer useful to capitalism; are seen as a burden. Businesses do not take care of them because the state is reluctant to. The burden is passed on to relatives, often women.
Postmodernist explanation on ageism.
Age isn’t as important as it used to be. Age no longer determines who we are or how we live. Orderly stages of the life course have broken down.
Postmodernist - Maddona & Ratelband
Maddona - aged 65 dating younger men and posting provocative images on ig.
Ratelband - aged 69, wanted to legally change his age to 49.
BSA findings
77% of people in the UK want immigration reduced.
56% want a large reduction.
