natalist policies
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- Created on: 23-12-15 11:22
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- Natalist policies
- Anti-natalist
- Kerala- India
- why?
- in 1950 TFR was over 6
- natural increase was rapid- 1.9 %
- india had already tried nation wide policies such as free transistor radio for vasectomy
- what did Kerala do?
- from 1970 all states adopted their own policies
- Kerala was most successful
- Kerala educated women
- Kerala changed local laws and traditions
- they gave women financial responsibility
- the success
- increasing literacy rates was most effective, 85% of women became literate
- girls now outnumber the boys in secondary education, this only happens in Kerala
- Kerala now has highest age for marriage, suggesting women lead a career first
- infant mortality rates have fallen with the birth rates also falling
- in Kerala it is 1.8 children to one women, India as a whole is 2.7
- why?
- China- One child policy
- why?
- population needed to be controlled diue to rapid increase and availability of resources
- to reduce birth rate to reduce natural increase
- time line
- 1953- laws apporved on contraception and abortion, later stranded by political instability and 1960 famine
- 1970- chinas population exceeded 800 million
- 1975- encouragment for one child only - 'late, long, few'
- 1979- communist party decrees a one child policy
- 1984- policy adjusted for a second child in rural areas
- 2001- births now have to be approved after 1st child
- 2013- two children for families where atleast 1 parent is an only child
- success
- it was successful it reduced population
- why?
- Kerala- India
- pri-natalist
- singapore- three or more
- why?
- since 1960's population has been controlled due to worry of overpopulation on the small island
- the restriction policy was so successful it needed to be reversed by 1980s as by 2030 1 in 5 would be in the older age dependancy bracket
- the policy
- 1986- have 3 or more if you can afford
- single people were given shorter working hours so they could spend more time finding a partner
- young couples helped to rent or purchase their own place to help start family
- you were given a reward for having children- $10,000 for 2 and $20,000 for 4
- couples were given child care substity so they could continue to work and raise family
- parents with more than one child had better access to 'good' schools
- pregnant women given councelling to avoid aborting
- why?
- singapore- three or more
- Anti-natalist
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