Natural population change in the UK- The Ageing Population
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- Natural population change in the UK
- THE AGEING POPULATION
- Decline in DR& increased LE- More people are living longer
- AP- Average age of population is getting higher, smaller proportion of young people
- Decline in BR meant fewer children are born- Changed overall age structure of population
- Consequence of AP
- Spijker& MacInnes (2013)- More people over 65 than children under 15- AP shouldn't be considered as problem
- The legal abolition of retirement age (65)- 2011
- Employers no longer force workers to retire
- Lawton (2013)- This gives older people freedom to work- Helps promote growth in economy
- 1 in 10 people aged 65 or over are now in paid work
- Employers no longer force workers to retire
- AP- Generate more family household diversity- return of CEF, more beanpole family
- Advantages of AP
- A boost to the economy
- Lawton- New markets- economy
- More social cohesion community involvement
- DOC- 4.9 million people aged over 65 took part in volunteering
- Less crime
- Family support
- Important role in providing financial, practical and emotional assitence
- A boost to the economy
- Disadavantages of AP
- Growing burden of dependence- "pension time-bomb"
- Increasing Dependency ratio
- Higher taxes
- Over 65s consumed 60% of 1 billion drugs prescribed in 2013
- More poverty
- Loss of skill from labour force
- Family stress
- More work for women
- Feminists- Practical burdens of caring for the elderly fall on women
- More work for women
- Growing burden of dependence- "pension time-bomb"
- THE AGEING POPULATION
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