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Define birth rate |
The number of live births, per 1000, of the population, per year |
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Define fertility rate |
The average number of children a woman will have between the ages of 15-44 |
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Define death rate |
The number of deaths, per 1000, of the population, per year |
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Outline reasons for declining birth rates |
•Economic factors - previously children were economic assets, now an economic burden •Indervidualistion (Beck) - no longer follow traditional norms and values •Improved contraception •Change in attitudes |
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Outline reasons for a decline in family size |
•Secularisation (contraception) •Increase in lone parents •Gay partnerships •Couples leaving it too late |
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Outline reasons for the decline in death rates |
•Medical advances •Health conscious •Social class differences (7-8 year gap in life expectancy) |
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Define and state on positive and one negative of the dependency ratio |
The ratio between those who work to those who are under 15 and over 65 + Migrants mainly move of working age so reduce the ratio - Higher fertility rate, short term adds to ratio |
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Define migration and why it occurs (push/pull factors) |
•People leaving/entering a country to live for a sugnificant period of time Push - poverty, war, unemployment Pull - education, employment, human rights |
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Define an ageing population and some of the effects it has |
•Under 16's are sugnificantly smaller to those who work - economical burden, increased tax, increased poverty |
