Post War Britain Flashcards
What were the 6 major changes?
Family size, Pop. structure, Migration, Employment, Social Status & Aspiration and Ethnicity
How did Family Size change?
4/5 to just 2
1/2 people in 1 household - pensioners, gay couples, divorcees
How did Pop. Structure change?
Top heavy
Increased LE
Average death age was 77 for men, 82 for women
How did migration change?
Southeast move away from manufacturing/mining to service sector jobs in London
Age selective migrations - retired to seaside towns and young to uni towns
Migrants attracted by postwar slum clearance
How did employment change?
Increased A level uptake increased quaternary skills
More white collar work
Decline of manufacturing, mining, farming
How did social status & aspirations change?
Social mobility More define themselves to be middle class not working class
How did ethnicity change?
Big variety of ethnic profiles in different areas - 60% non white in London, but 0.4% in Northumberland
Affected by international migration from former colonies & Maastricht Treaty
EU allowed others to come and work
What was Phase 1?
Before 1970s - natural increase
What was Phase 2?
After 1970s - baby boom end, natural increase end, pop. increase slower and more so due to immigration and migration
Why did BR fall?
Secularisation
Women’s status
Consumerism & costs
Global depression
Why did LE increase?
Healthcare Hygiene Safety Diet Globalisation - dangerous jobs automated
When and what was the economic boom?
1943 to 1974
Stable oil price allowed maximum industrial and economic growth
Everyone was working – all employed, and needed more workers
What was the Marshall plan?
American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War
What else was set up and beneficial?
Bretton Woods set up IMF and World Bank
