Factors for a decreasing birth rate
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- Created on: 28-09-17 14:32
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- Factors for decreasing Birth rate
- Change in the position of women in society
- Better and equal education
- Better careers
- More women pursue careers than children, or have children later in life.
- Knowledge of and access to reliable contraception
- Better careers
- Emancipation of women
- Women no longer pressured by society to marry and have children.
- Better and equal education
- Decline in infant mortality rate
- Why?
- Better health care
- Better living conditions
- Better hygiene
- Fewer infants die, so fewer are born to replace the dead ones.
- Why?
- Children now an economic liability
- Children used to be able to go out to work at a young age, bring in income for the family
- Children were an economic asset, so people used to have many as an source of income
- Now, children have to educated until 18, which costs money. also have to fed, clothed, sheltered.
- People have fewer children because they cost too much.
- Children used to be able to go out to work at a young age, bring in income for the family
- More/Over-protection of children
- Children require far more time and effort for physical and emotional care
- More effort=people have fewer children
- Children require far more time and effort for physical and emotional care
- Concequences
- Dependency ratio
- short term
- Less children = Fewer dependents who need education, healthcare from the state and therefore taxpayers.
- Long term
- Fewer young people working to support dependents, burden on state therefore increases.
- short term
- Public services and policies
- Less schools or smaller class sizes.
- Smaller homes built to reflect family sizes.
- Enviromental
- Fewer people using up planets natural resources, space and contributing to global warming
- Dependency ratio
- Change in the position of women in society
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