Demography
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- Created on: 25-05-17 20:40
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- Demography
- The study of populations and their characterises
- Birth Rates
- Long term decline in birth rates since 1900= 28.7 2014= 12.2
- The number of live births per 1000 of the populations per year
- Declining birth rates
- Changing in position of women
- Access to apportions, increased aspirations
- Contraception
- More control over fertility
- Child-Centeredness
- Parents now have less children to give more attention, quality over quantity
- Children economic liability
- children economically dependant on parents
- Decline in infant mortality
- more infants serving don't need to replace kids
- compulsory education
- children depend more on parents
- Changing in position of women
- Fertility effects on...
- Dependancy Ration
- Less dependant on society
- Relationship between the proportion who are working an those not
- Public Services
- Less demand for child centred public services (e.g. schools, maternity wards)
- Family
- Women can have better balance work and the family
- Dependancy Ration
- Death Rates
- Number of deaths per 100 of the population per year
- Population increase, death rate decrease
- Falling death rates
- Higher living standard
- Better homes and living conditions
- Improved working conditions
- Decline in dangers in occupations
- Public health and environment improvements
- Making things safer and helps people if they are suffering e.g drug addiction
- Lessons such as PSHE, PE help you more aware of fitness and health risks
- Smoking and diet
- People more aware that smoking is harmful
- Higher living standard
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