Chinas one child policy

Key facts about China

Population change was 1.9% in 1950
In the past, there had been encouragments from the governments to have children to grow a workforce
However when there was too many people in the country it ,meant that many people suffered from a lack of services and essentials like water energy and food

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Families with more than one child were fined and didnt recieve benefits and so would lead a life with a lack of money.
In rural areas there was many people who were to resisit the idea of the policy as it was traditional to have a large family
Many women that became pregnant after one child were forced to have an abortion
In some cases some families applied to have another have another child if the first child was a girl and most cases were excepted

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Ladies were forced to check if they were pregnent regularly
If they were pregnant then they will be forced to have an abortion
some families were successful in hiding pregnancy as in 2000 there were 2 million more 10 yearolds then there was in 1990.
if a child was caught to be 'illegually born' then they will have to pay a charge

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Economic
- About 22% of China is over 60 and there is more to come and so in an ageing population there will be a lot of stress on the healthcare systems. and there will need to be more carers and nurses as dependancy on the young increases
- The population between 20-24 year olds will half between 2010-2020 this means the working force will be small
Social
- it was prefered that the child was a boy so he can carry the fa,ily name. and so if there was a female birth then many girls were abandoned
- in 2020 it is predicted that men will dominate wo,men by 30-60 million creatimg social tension and unmarried men.
- women were forced to habe abortions
- it is said that the population of children born in the one child policy will be socialy less developed as they were an only child.

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