Factors affecting population growth
- Created by: daisyking99
- Created on: 29-05-15 21:46
View mindmap
- Factors that affect population growth
- Agricultural change
- Technological advances improves yield and saves labour. This results in less need for children for labour and so smaller families become more economically viable.
- This results in rapid economic growth.
- Large families are no longer a benefit and so smaller families become more desirable, and so population growth rate decreases.
- More yield means more money for education and gives children more opportunities.
- Urbanisation
- In poorer, less developed countries, cities have more opportunities than rural areas and so are more desirable.
- Children can get better education opportunities in cities.
- As families move to urban areas like cities, there is less need for children for farm work and so have smaller families.
- Generally houses and appartments in cities are smaller for their price and so there is less space for children.
- Emancipation of women
- When educations and economies improve, there are more opportunities for girls and women to improve their quality of life.
- As women become more educated about contraception and family planning, the size of families decrease as couples are more careful and are aware of the benefits of smaller families.
- As the status and education of women improves, more women decide to pursue careers and may decide to be childless or wait later to have children.
- The emancipation of women results in increased rights for women, improved education, less prejudice and the right to vote.
- In general, higher status, improved education and equal rights result in smaller families or no children at all.
- Agricultural change
- Education
- As levels of academic achievement increase, the standards of living improve and children become an economic disadvantage.
- Having less children allows parents to spend more time and money on their children, giving them a better chance at succeeding in life.
- Education allows people to earn more money and improve their standards of living. Most children will do better of than their children.
- Factors that affect population growth
- Agricultural change
- Technological advances improves yield and saves labour. This results in less need for children for labour and so smaller families become more economically viable.
- This results in rapid economic growth.
- Large families are no longer a benefit and so smaller families become more desirable, and so population growth rate decreases.
- More yield means more money for education and gives children more opportunities.
- Urbanisation
- In poorer, less developed countries, cities have more opportunities than rural areas and so are more desirable.
- Children can get better education opportunities in cities.
- As families move to urban areas like cities, there is less need for children for farm work and so have smaller families.
- Generally houses and appartments in cities are smaller for their price and so there is less space for children.
- Emancipation of women
- When educations and economies improve, there are more opportunities for girls and women to improve their quality of life.
- As women become more educated about contraception and family planning, the size of families decrease as couples are more careful and are aware of the benefits of smaller families.
- As the status and education of women improves, more women decide to pursue careers and may decide to be childless or wait later to have children.
- The emancipation of women results in increased rights for women, improved education, less prejudice and the right to vote.
- In general, higher status, improved education and equal rights result in smaller families or no children at all.
- Agricultural change
Comments
No comments have yet been made