Demography Summary
- Created by: Beth
- Created on: 04-04-16 11:47
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- Demography
- Definition: 'scientific study of population structure and change' (Hinde, 1998)
- Shows the size of population
- Shows composition of population
- Shows social trends and life events
- Why is it important?
- Planning and policy
- children: schools and education
- social insurance, healthcare and welfare systems
- composition of families: housing and benefits
- Importance for us: life expectancy, buying a house, retirement and pensions
- Planning and policy
- Ways that policy can influence demography
- policy has improved birth and death rates
- sanitization and midwives
- NHS
- Maternity leave
- Immigration policy
- Welfare state
- Sources of data
- population censuses
- birth/death/marriage certificates
- surveys
- Reasons for change
- urbanisation/ industrialisation
- better healthcare
- better nutrition
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