The Decline In Birth Rate, Fertility Rate And Average Family Size

Question 1

Decline in fertility rate led to what 4 changes in the household?

Answer 1

1. Flailing family size
2. A reduction in the proportion of the population living in nuclear families
3. An increase in single person household
4. Smaller average household size

Question 2

What is the dependency ratio?

Answer 2

• the ratio of those who are not of working age to those of working late eg: elderly and children

Question 3

What is the youth dependency ratio?

Answer 3

• are based on the ratio of those aged under 19 to the working age population

Question 4

What is the elderly dependency ratio?

Answer 4

• are the proportion of those aged over 64 to those of working age

Question 5

What happened to the youth dependency ratio?

Answer 5

• declined between 1971 an 2011 due to the falling birth rate

Question 6

What happened to the adult dependency ratio?

Answer 6

• increased as the proportion aged and death rates fell

Question 7

What has the low birth rate led too?

Answer 7

• rising average age of the population as the proportion of young people declines
• elderly dependency ratio also increased —> there are problems with funding of pensions and caregivers

Question 8

What is a way to deal with problem created by low fertility?

Answer 8

• allow or encourage increased immigration of people of working force and reduce the dependency ratio