One Child Policy
- Created by: poppyggggg
- Created on: 25-03-16 15:58
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- China's One Child Policy
- During the 1970s the Chinese realised that the population was growing exponentially
- The country was heading for
- Famine and food shortages
- Air and water pollution
- Disease and inability to provide adequate healthcare or eduation
- Poverty
- High unemployment/ homeless
- Growth of shanty towns and low standards of living
- Introduced OCP
- 1 child= free education, healthcare and 5-10% pay rise
- These couples also had priority to housing, pension, family benefits (education) and free family planning
- Another child=10% salary cut, huge fine, pay for education and healthcare
- 1 child= free education, healthcare and 5-10% pay rise
- The country was heading for
- How was it enforced? Each couple must...
- Not marry until their late 20s
- Must only have one successful pregnancy
- Must be sterilised after their first pregnancy or abort future pregnancies
- Must apply to marry and have a child
- Any couple that disobeyed the policy would...
- 10% salary cut and an enormous fine
- 2nd child born abroad is not allowed to become a Chinese citizen
- family has to pay for healthcare and education for entire family
- Problems with the policy
- Chinese children are know for being over indulged- "little emperor syndrome"
- Chinese society prefers sons to daughters so daughters were put in orphanages or left to die (over 15 million orphanages in China)
- Women were forced to have abortions as late as the 9th month
- Women under a lot of pressure, particularly from "granny police"
- Local officials and government have control over peoples lives
- Benefits of the policy...
- Predicted famine never happened
- Population growth slowed down- enough food and jobs
- Improved technology and more exploitation of natural resources means increased standards of living
- During the 1970s the Chinese realised that the population was growing exponentially
- Changes to the policy in 1900 & 2000s
- In 2014, policy was relaxed. Couples who are both only children are allowed 2 children
- Attitudes towards daughters has improved and with less time needed for childcare, women have spent more time on careers
- As wealth increases, people are happy to pay fines
- There is now gender imbalance
- The policy is unlikely to relax any further due to BR still being higher than DR
- As wealth increased, people are now happy to pay the fine
- Officials withhold identity papers and without them you cannot access healthcare etc.
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