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Why it’s difficult to gather a census
Census are Expensive & time consuming (forms have to be printed, distributed, collated). Lower literacy rates in developing countries especially in women as it is virtually impossible for people to fill one out as they cannot read or write making the census in accurate. Difficult terrain and poor communication can also hindrance, especially in developing countries. In some areas there are many different languages spoken and if the census were not the correct one it will be impossible to fill in. To make forms in many different languages it will be very costly. Some people may not trust the government and think why they should provide the data. They may not return accurate data
How to gather accurate data of a population (census)
A census is a survey carried out every 10 years. Each household is asked to complete a detailed questionnaire about the number of people living in their home.
Householders answer other questions on their social, economic and cultural background. Civil registration of births, deaths, provides an up-to-date count between censuses. Scottish household survey is a continuous survey based on a random sample of the population. Governments also collect data on migration for example visa applicants and NHS records provide health data.
Ageing population
Need for more care services (e.g. day care, meals on wheels)
Need for more sheltered housing and old people homes
Cost of health care rises
Increased pressure on working population as costs are paid for by taxes
Fewer people of working age to pay taxes
Fewer people for armed forces
Fewer potential parents for the next generation
Rise in retirement/pension age
Youthful population
Expense of providing schools and teachers
Pressure on farmers to grow enough food
Land farmed intensively makes the soil poorer
Increased pressure on working population as they have to provide for more than half of the population
Need to spend a lot of money on hospitals, doctors, and nurses to provide the medical care needed by children
More and more trees are being cut down to create farmland = deforestation
People become poor and hungry due to stretched resources, and many move to cities in search of work
Traffic congestion worsens as cities become more populated.
Migration push factors
Low wage rate
Lack of services
High unemployment rate
Poor health services
Migration pull factors
More job opportunities
Higher wages
Food available in shops
More educational opportunities
Impacts on home country’s
The most educational and healthy leave, which may hinder development
Women’s are the sole carers and look after both children and land
The active population leave (aged 18-30). So the development population is left behind
Fewer people means less pressure on limited resources.
Fewer people means less unemployment
Birth rate is lowered as male migrants are away - generally the active population aged 18-30, migrated, resulting in a decline in population
Migrants return with new skills (brain gain) leading to better standard of living
Remittance money sent to families
Impacts if host country
The UK receives tax from migrant workers
Jobs that British people will not do are filled, for example, vital jobs within the NHS, construction and farm work
Cultural and linguistic mix
Brain gain - many Eastern European migrants are highly skilled workers and/or graduates
Cheap labour
Drives economy so business have increased profits
Language barriers
Decrease in unemployment
