Population Flashcards
How does the government in China persuade familys to have only one child?
They say tht they can have -free education
- plus childcare and healthcare offered to families that followed this rule.
What were the impacts of China’s One Child Policy?
Falling birth rate - leading to a rise in the relative number of elderly people.
Fewer people of working age to support the growing number of elderly dependants - in the future China could have an ageing population
What were the problems with this One Child Policy?
Those who had more than one child didn’t receive these benefits and were fined.
The policy was keenly resisted in rural areas, where it was traditional to have large families.
In urban areas, the policy has been enforced strictly but remote rural areas have been harder to control.
If a women gets pregnant whist already having a child, they will be forced to have an abortion.
