China's One Child Policy (Anti-natalist)
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- China's One Child Policy (Anti-natalist)
- Why was it introduced?
- created in 1979 to reduce birth rates
- caused by a youthful population
- momentum
- caused by a youthful population
- increased by 500 million from 1950 to 1980
- would lead to issues with resources, overpopulation, pollution and unemployment
- created in 1979 to reduce birth rates
- How was it enforced?
- giving financial incentives to those who obeyed the law and taking it back from those with more than one child
- free childcare, education, healthcare
- contraception and sterilisation was free and encouraged for woman
- raising the age of marriage to 22 for men and 20 for women
- had to receive permission to try for a child
- abortion laws changed so people could have abortions beyond 24 weeks
- family planning units and staff actively promoted policy
- giving financial incentives to those who obeyed the law and taking it back from those with more than one child
- What impact did it have?
- population growth
- population was nearly 1,000,000 in 1979 and over 1,300,000 in 2003
- Natural increase was 6.2 per thousand in 1979 and 6.9 in 2013
- birth rate
- decreased from 2.6 to 1.8 live births per woman from 1979 to 2008
- Negative Impacts
- Family Structure
- only children are spoiled (Little Emperor Syndrome)
- Females and sex selection
- males are considered more important for work,culture and marriage
- ratio of 118:100 of men to women
- leads to many single men
- female infanticide and forces abortions
- males are considered more important for work,culture and marriage
- Population Structure
- ageing population as fewer babies are born
- gender imbalance means many men are unable to find partners
- Rural Populations
- Having less children means there are less workers on farms
- increased poverty
- Having less children means there are less workers on farms
- Family Structure
- population growth
- How has the policy changed since 1990?
- couples can have 2 children if one parent is an only child
- families in rural areas can have 2 children if first is a girl
- ethnic minorities are allowed 2 children
- Why was it introduced?
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