Demography

17.315 Recitation Reaction Paper In class, we discussed the multitude of factors that influenced the longevity gap between impoverished individuals and more affluent individuals. This also overlapped with our discuss of obesity and how while it is a useful analogy to compare tobacco to obesity, it is not a perfect analogy as there are countless caveats in the obesity crisis that have no counterparts in the argument used against tobacco. Similar to obesity, it seems like there are caveats that…

China’s One Child Policy may have benefited them financially, but did not the lower or social economy as a whole.Fertility rates were also proven to have lowered from 4 or 5 kids to 1. It did help them reach their goal of reducing the population but it also had its disastrous side effects. China’s One Child Policy was a bad idea because it lead to children becoming spoiled ( Document D), Children having to help their parents during their old age ( Document B), and a Male Dominant Population.…

The Baby Boom 1946-1964 The 2001 Canadian enumeration information on age and sex demonstrates that as of May 15, 2001, the middle age of Canada's populace came to an untouched high of 37.6 years, an increment of 2.3 years from 35.3 in 1996. The country's middle age has been rising relentlessly since the end of the time of increased birth rates in 1966, when it was just 25.4 years. The Cana What are baby boomers? North Americans born between 1946 and 1964 are all referred to as the Baby Boomers.…

Would there be a positive result if there was a population of 1,200,000,000 people and a food supply of only half that number? Clearly, there would be a major problem. Unfortunately, this problematic situation may happen in the future. The Malthusian Theory of population, created by Thomas Malthus, is the theory that the population will outgrow its resources, leading to famine. Malthus stated that the populations increase in geometric progression and that food supplies increase in arithmetic…

Imagine a life without your sibling. Or if you are a women being tossed aside at birth because you were already not good enough. This is what life was like for many in China. It is a life of not having a choice and not having very much control of your path and body. It is having citizens rights violated to fix the mistakes of past leaders. The controversial one-child policy is a violation of people's rights and while they are attempting to fix it, the affects the policy has had will continue…

While practically ever health indicator has improved in Peru in the past thirty years, these improvements have not been shared equally across the population. The majority of the progress has occurred in urban areas, especially in the capital city of Lima, with the rural population lagging behind. According to the Population Reference Bureau (2015), the amount of people living below the poverty line is 36% higher in rural areas than in urban areas. While poverty is definitely a causative factor…

Death is Inevitable Drew Magary explores the subtle differences between youth, aging, death, and overpopulation the post-aging world of The Postmortal. These anti-aging, “postmortals”, believe that death can never overcome them due to their ability to not age. What these postmortals don’t realize is that death is inevitable. The novel follows postmortal John on his journey from being afraid of death and procuring the cure, to willing to die so that others can live on. John’s story forces…

When comparing the countries of China and Japan to one another, it is evident that their belief systems and cultures are strikingly similar. Confucianism and its philosophy are the foundation upon which each of these countries beliefs and traditions stem from. From the perspective of the elders in these countries, there seem to be a lessening amount of children making up the population (Ho 1992). Despite these similarities, there are clear differences between the aging experience in these two…

“I begged your dad’s family to keep you. But your grandma said no. I said ‘it’s fine to have a daughter.’ But your grandma wouldn’t budge,” (Mudd). China’s policy was so strict to a point where they forced many families to abandon their daughters. Their boorish acts led to more than 100,000 girls being placed into foster care. Amongst these numbers, the law also prevented over 400 million births. One of the most significant effects of the policy has been on China’s sex ratio. China has a grossly…

The way we view marriage today differs greatly from the past. From Twentysomething: Why do Young Adults Seem Stuck? In the book, the author talks about the olds days how marriage was a simple exchange: man provides economic stability and woman cares for children and home. Women had a reason to rush their marriage because of financial security. Marriage is not as valued as it used to be. Fifty years ago, the majority of women were dependent on their husbands to work and support the family but now…