Population, data and census

Question 1

Problems countries can encounter when undertaking a census

Answer 1

• War
• Homelessness
• Illiteracy
• Religious persecution
• Geographical inaccessibility
• Not everyone speaking the same language
• Nomadic population
• Migrant workers and division of families

Question 2

Birth rates remain high when…

Answer 2

• Lack of contraception
• Marriage policies - early marriage encouraged
• Social pressures - children seen as indicator of male strength
• Lack of education
• Important to continue family name such as in South Korea
• Children = economic assets - forced to work to bring income

Question 3

Birth rates remain low when…

Answer 3

• Equality in society - more women planning lives and planning careers
• Changing attitudes to marriage - more marrying later
• Access to family planning and contraception
• Anti nationalist government policies including 1 child policy in China - has prevented over 300 million births
• Access to abortions
• Raising a child is expensive

Question 4

Death rates remain high when…

Answer 4

• Modern lifestyles like drugs, alcohol, fast food etc
• High incidents of disease
• Lack of access to healthcare provisions - e.g vaccinations
• Poor living conditions
• War and conflict
• Famine, poverty and drought

Question 5

Death rates remain low when…

Answer 5

• Improved diet and nutrition
• Improved universal support
• Improved living conditions
• Case study - south korea - by 2030 average woman life expectancy will be 90
• Immunisation programmes - e.g vaccinations