Ageing Population
- Created by: Jenny Jones
- Created on: 18-11-13 16:43
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- Ageing Populations- UK
- In 2005, 16% of the UK population was over 65
- By 2041, this could be 25%
- Causes
- Increased life expectancy and falling birth rates
- Life expectancy is longer because of improvement in medicine and better living standards
- The baby boom is now the 'pensioner boom'
- Since 1970's number of babies born has fallen. Fewer young people, more older people
- Problems
- More elderly living in poverty
- Health service under pressure as older people need more care
- Solutions
- Raise the retirement age- people will work for longer, paying more tax and claiming less pensions
- Encourage immigration of young people to the UK- increases number of tax payers, helps pay for pensions and services
- Encourage women to have more children
- Encourage private pensions- with private pensions, people won't be so dependent on the state pension
- FRANCE'S POLICY
- 3 years paid parental leave can be used by mothers or fathers
- Full time schooling starts at age of three fully paid by the government
- More children a woman has, the earlier she's able to retire on a full pension
- Successful?
- too early to tell
- likely that future generations have to work longer and rely on their families to look after them in old age
- dependency ratio=
- number of dependant people ___________number of independant people
- X 100
- number of dependant people ___________number of independant people
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