Population
- Created by: Dreer002
- Created on: 31-01-16 10:09
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- Population
- Demographic Transition
- Stage 1
- Rise
- Good harvest
- Small average yearly growth
- Fell
- Bad harvest
- Rise
- Stage 2&3
- Agriculture flourished
- Medicine and public health
- Stage 4- Britain
- More expensive
- School leaving raised
- More equality for women
- Stage 1
- Why population changes
- High Birth Rate Causes:
- High Infant Mortality
- Traditional/ religious views
- Drop in Death Rate
- Better medical care
- Better water supply
- Improved sanitation
- Quality & quantity of food is better
- Decrease in infant mortality
- High Birth Rate Causes:
- Natalist Policies
- Sweden
- Ageing and decreasing
- Fertility decreased
- Paternal leave: 13 months at 80% income
- If less than 30 months between kids then payed
- 900 euros p/child p/a
- 120 paid days p/child p/a
- All day child care & schools: low cost
- China
- Only 1 child unless girl then 2
- Rewards
- Better health care
- Retirement funds
- Higher wage
- Better housing
- Cheap fertiliser
- Punishments
- Fines
- Land taken
- House destroyed
- Loss of jobs
- 2nd child not allowed to go to school
- More those in urban areas
- Some female babies killed or in orphanages
- Reduce poverty
- More resources for less people
- Reduce rapid increasing population
- Sweden
- Mexico to USA
- Push
- Poor medical facilities - 1800 per doc
- Low paid jobs
- Poor education prospects- adult lit 55%
- Life expectancy 72
- 40% unemloyed
- Pull
- 400 per doc
- Well paid jobs
- 99% adult lit
- Life expectancy 76
- Lots of jobs for low paid workers
- Impacts on USA
- Illegal migration expensive
- Cultural and racial issues
- Working for low wages beneifts US economy
- Bring diseases i.e. TB
- Culture enriched US border states
- Impacts on Mexico
- Countryside has shortage of economically active
- Many men leave so women without partners
- Many young leave so old and very young left
- Immigrants send back $6 billion to Mexico
- Some villages i.e. Santa Ines have lost 2/3 of its inhabitants
- Push
- Demographic Transition
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