The Ageing Population
- Created by: Ben
- Created on: 12-05-13 17:06
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- The ageing population
- Changes in age structure
- The proportions of the population who are of different age groups.
- Ageing population = age 65+
- The percentage of the population under 16 has decreased from 12 to 19%.
- Reasons for the ageing population
- The falling death rate.
- The falling birth rate
- Natural decrease - when death rate exceeds birth rate.
- The effects of an ageing population
- High elderly dependency ratio putting more economic burden on working class
- Burden on families
- Governments have to spend more on welfare - e.g. pensions.
- Increased poverty
- Change in family types - extended, lone, beanpole.
- Perspectives of old age
- ******* and Henry - disengagement of old people in society.
- Hockey and James - old age as a social construction.
- Changes in age structure
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