Demographic changes

Demographic change

A change regarding the population and it's size and structure as well as the people making it up like their tastes, fashions sense, incomes etc. Changes can happen at a local rate (like refugees entering a community), national level (increasing/decreasing birth rate), and on a global level.

Demographic change (recent examples)

- Changing roles of women

- Increased provision of education creating a more literate and skilled workforce

- Aging population in many high-income countries

-Early retirement in high-income countries leading to increased leisure time for a number of wealthy pensioners

- Rising divorce rates leading to increased number of single-person households

- Job insecurity caused by globalization forcing more employees to accept part-time/casual contracts