Factors affecting birth rates
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- Created on: 20-10-13 18:04
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- Factors affecting birth rates
- Economic conditions - countries with lower per capita income tend to have higher birth rates
- Cultural & religious backgrounds - some encourage larger families / opposed to birth control
- Social pressures & conditions - large family may improve social standing in some countries
- Birth control - the extent to which contraception & abortion are available
- Political factors - governments influence birth rates though education and taxation policies
- BR = no births per year / total population in the same year x 1000
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