Population Change - China's one child policy

Question 1

Where?

Answer 1

China

Question 3

What?

Answer 3

Policy introduced, limited amount of children a couple could have

Question 4

Why?

Answer 4

Rapid population growth-unsustainable

Question 5

How?

Answer 5

financial incentives (education, free healthcare)
Fined/forced abortion if didn’t
Propaganda-persuasion

Question 6

Positive impacts

Answer 6

Reduced birth rate, 400 million births prevented
Financial rewards
More jobs available
Less strain in resources

Question 7

Negative impacts

Answer 7

Many baby girls abandoned
Forced abortions
30 million single men, outnumber women
More old people
Hard to control in rural
Little emperor syndrome- spoilt, more pressure

Question 8

2 child reality(exceptions to policy)

Answer 8

Multiple births, not fined- led to higher usage of IVF treatment
Mentally/physically disabled child, allowed another

Question 9

2 child reality

Answer 9

Child injured/died inSichuan earthquake 2008 allowed another
Gave birth in different country, not fined
Wealthy-pay fine

Question 10

Recent changes

Answer 10

Can now have second child if first is a girl, or if one parent is an only child

Question 11

When?

Answer 11

1979