Births and Deaths

Study Figure 2.3 on page 48 of the book and answer the following questions: When did the number of births per year in the UK first start to fall? Identify the 3 periods during which the number of births showed steep rises. Can you suggest any reasons for a rise during...

Effects of China’s One-Child Policy

Read the following account of demographic changes in China: Patterns of fertility in China have been significantly affected in the last thirty years by several factors. In 1979 China introduced a strict family planning policy that allows most couples to have only one...

The Cost of Bringing Up Children

Read the section in the book on pages 47 to 49 about the effects of the decline in fertility, especially regarding the growth of child-centredness. Now study the extract below and complete the task that follows: In November 2006, the Liverpool Victoria Building...

Demography : Answers to QuickCheck Questions

Improvements in housing; cleaner drinking water; food and drink laws; improved sewerage; Clean Air Acts. Changes in the position of women; decline in the infant mortality rate; children are now an economic liability; child-centred families. Class differences in...