Changes in the fertility rate
Changes in the birth rate - reasons for and what's happened
- Created by: Rachel Hedger
- Created on: 13-10-13 15:45
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- Changes in the fertility rate
- 1900 - 155 1999 - 57 2001- 54.5
- 1870 - average 6 children Today - 1.6 children
- Reliable birth control
- Introduction of the contraception pill
- Gave women far greater power over reproduction
- Educational opportunities for females
- Entry into university
- Increase in job opportunities as the service sector of the economy expanded
- Women are delaying having families as they are putting education and careers first
- 1/4 of women with university degrees are childless at 40
- 7% increase in the births among women aged between 35 and 39
- The number of children born to women over 40 doubled in the last 20 years
- Attitudes towards family life have changed
- Result of economic and social change
- Seclarization means people are more open to changes in attitudes
- Women could see that there were other lifestyle choices in addition to getting married and having children
- DECREASED
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