by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Family Patterns
Working in pairs, refer to Box 5 on page 40 where you will find Michael Anderson’s study of mid-19th century Preston and Tamara Hareven’s study of French Canadian migrants in the American textile industry, from 1880 to 1930. Both studies stressed the importance of the...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Family Patterns
Increases in the number of couples cohabiting; people remaining single; divorces; lone parent families; same-sex couples and births outside marriage. False the irretrievable breakdown of marriage The decline of the influence of religion in society. Women are having...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Demography
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...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Demography
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...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Demography
Read the section on the ageing population on pages 50-52. One of the effects of this ageing population has been the implications for the provision of pensions. As people are living longer, they are drawing their pensions for a longer period of time. In addition, more...
by John Amy | Mar 17, 2014 | Demography
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...
