Social Indicators 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyDevelopmentGCSEAQA Created by: DoodlegameCreated on: 03-03-19 22:24 Why is birth rate a good social indicator? Women staying in education and getting good careers. HICs have low birth rate, LICs have high birth rate 1 of 16 Why may birth rate not be a good development indicator? May be inaccurate due to government policies, e.g. China's one child policy 2 of 16 What does death rate show us? Nation's healthcare, living conditions, food and water supply, medical development... 3 of 16 What might a country with a high death rate not have enough of? Food, clean water, doctors and hospitals 4 of 16 What type of countries have longer life expectancy? HICs 5 of 16 What is the literacy rate? The percentage of adults who can read and write 6 of 16 What does the literacy rate show us? How good the education system is. How many girls can read and write, social equality 7 of 16 What may a low literacy rate show? Children are working to help their families earn money instead of going to school or that there aren't enough schools/teachers 8 of 16 What has become a social indicator in recent years? Percentage of internet use in a country or moblie phone coverage 9 of 16 Where is corruption usually more present? In LICs such as Congo 10 of 16 What are some problems with social indicators? The data is countrywide and you have to hope for accurate data. They are averages 11 of 16 Why was the Human Development Indicator (HDI) created? As a response to other measurements that empathised wealth or assessed just one criteria 12 of 16 How is HDI calculated With life expectancy, education and income per capita 13 of 16 Why is life expectancy used in HDI calculations? Shows the standard of healthcare 14 of 16 Why is education used in HDI calculations? Years of schooling up to the age of 25 15 of 16 Why is income per capita used in HDI calculations? To show if they have enough money to maintain decent standard of living 16 of 16
Comments
No comments have yet been made