POPULATION youthful population - Gambia Flashcards

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Why is there a rapid growth rate in the Gambia?

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  • No contraception

- Religion/cultural reasons

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What will be the impacts in Gambia, due to large population?

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  • Cramped and crowded living conditions

- No access to basic sanitation, like toilets, good water etc

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What has been done about the youthful population?

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  • Affordable forms of contraception have been introduced and advertised, to lessen the stigma
    • Government have launched a child health care to combat people having many children (people have loads of children in case of their death), trying to reduce infant mortality rates
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infant mortality rate is

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The infant mortality rate is 73 per 1000 live births

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main cause of rapid population growth in Gambia?

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the main cause of Gambia’s rapid population growth is because of the fertility rate.

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why is the fertility rate so high in Gambia?

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stigma around talking about sex and also religious/cultural reasons to not use contraceptives

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what will happen to Gambias land because of large population?

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  • Not enough land bc getting overcrowded

- Rapid Deforestation for firewood, all forest in Gambia may disappear in 50 years if they continue at this rate

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why is there pressure on the government and schools?

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  • Towns are expanding rapidly and the government doesn’t have enough money to spend of infrastructure, such as roads
  • More children than the school/facilities can handle, schools are under-pressure and have a 2 shift system. (day and night)
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population % under 15 in Gambia?

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  • 45% of the population are under 15
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population % economically active in Gambia?

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  • 52% are those who are economically active (ages 16 to 64)
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population % over 65 in Gambia?

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  • only 3% are over 65
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