Demographic trends and family life
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- Demographic trends and family life
- Population of the UK
- 38 million in 1901 to 64.1 million in 2013
- Up to the 1950's and 1960's, natural change was the main reason for population growth in the UK
- Since the 1980's, net migration has been the main factor
- Up to the 1950's and 1960's, natural change was the main reason for population growth in the UK
- Up to the 1950's and 1960's, natural change was the main reason for population growth in the UK
- Since the 1980's, net migration has been the main factor
- 38 million in 1901 to 64.1 million in 2013
- Changes in the birth rate
- 1,093,00 births in 1901, 698,512 births in 2013
- Baby booms, seen immediately after WW1 and WW2 and in the periods 1957-1966 and 1986-1992
- 2012 had the highest number of births since 1971
- Wilkinson
- Due to the genderquake, women no longer see childbearing as a priority
- Beck and Beck-Gernsheim
- In late capitalist society there are simply more choices available to young women and that they are choosing freedom and independence rather than restricting themselves to childbearing and parenthood
- Changes in the fertility rate
- In 1900 the fertility rate was 115 and dropped to 64 by 2010
- The effects of birth and fertility rates on the family
- Families had decreased in size. I n 2013, 47% of nuclear families had one child
- Hakim
- Voluntary childlessness is a relatively new lifestyle choice, which could only have been brought about by the contraception revolution
- The death rate
- In 1901, 632,000 deaths were recorded, 1n 2013 576,000 were recorded
- Victorian life expectancy was 4o for males and 44 for females. 150 years later, males live for 78.7 years on average, whilst, females live, on average, for 82.6 years
- The effects of an ageing population on families and households
- In 2013 47% of all one-person households were elderly one -person households
- Wall
- In 1950's, 40% of the elderly had been taken in by their relatives, but this had dropped to only 5% by the mid-1990's
- Victor
- 10% of those over 65 live in three-generation households
- Lievesley
- Extended families containing elderly relatives are much more likely in British Asian communities
- Victor et al
- 77% of older people saw their relatives on a weekly basis
- Brannen
- The ageing population, the increasing tendency of women to pursue both higher education and a career, the consequent decline in fertility and the availability of divorce has led to the recent emergence of four-generational families
- Ben-Galim and Silim
- Grandmothers put in a greater number of informal childcare hours than grandmothers, and play a crucial role in helping families with childcare
- Statham
- In families in which the mother is in work or education, 71% receive some level of childcare from grandparents, and 35% rely on grandparents as the main providers of childcare
- Population of the UK
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