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2.7 Population Policies Notes
Natal relates to the time and place of one’s birth. Governments, at various scales, can cultivate policies to facilitate changes in birth rates. There are 2 ways in which governments can control birth rates:
Pro-natalist are policies that promote births
Anti-Natalist are policies that seek to restrict births
Pro-natalist: Finland
In the early 2000s a baby alarm was sounded, a baby box was given to every new born. BOTH parents get 7 months of PAID parent leave, labor and delivery costs are subsidized by the government single moms receive the benefit of two parents.
Pro-natalist City Scale: Lestijärvi
In 2017, CBR dropped very low, because of this, there was a fear of loss of population and schools. Mothers who give birth and reside in the town are paid 10,000 euros over 10 years.
Anti-Natalist: China’s one child policy (OCP)
OCP starts as an encouragement, it is based on a system of approvals and employer monitoring. If citizens are out of compliance, they must pay a “social maintenance fee.”
Exceptions: Minorities were permitted 3 children, disabled/death of first child, births spaced out (3-5 years, both parents are only children, 1st child is adopted, those living outside the country, rural families under “daughter hardship.”
Effects of OCP (China’s one child policy)
Sex Imbalance- Son preference, China’s lost girls, rise in violence against females, forced sterilizations/abortions, sex-selective procedures, 4-2-1, an aging population without supports, 2015 2 child policy
2.7 IMPORTANT VOCABULARY
Anti-Natalist Policies- These policies attempt to decrease the number of births in a country and are often used by developing countries
One Child Policy- (China implemented in1979-2016) Parents who has more than one child were subject to fines, although the law made exceptions for rural couples and ethnic minorities
Gender Preference- An unbalanced gender ratio at birth, usually because of culture and gender inequality (China’s one child policy contributed to this; 2010 - 118 males born for every 100 females. India has a similar sex ratio to China because males have more economic potential than girls)
Pronatalist Policies- Programs designed to increase the fertility rate
2.7 Population Policies Notes
Natal relates to the time and place of one’s birth. Governments, at various scales, can cultivate policies to facilitate changes in birth rates. There are 2 ways in which governments can control birth rates:
Pro-natalist are policies that promote births
Anti-Natalist are policies that seek to restrict births
Pro-natalist: Finland
In the early 2000s a baby alarm was sounded, a baby box was given to every new born. BOTH parents get 7 months of PAID parent leave, labor and delivery costs are subsidized by the government single moms receive the benefit of two parents.
Pro-natalist City Scale: Lestijärvi
In 2017, CBR dropped very low, because of this, there was a fear of loss of population and schools. Mothers who give birth and reside in the town are paid 10,000 euros over 10 years.
Anti-Natalist: China’s one child policy (OCP)
OCP starts as an encouragement, it is based on a system of approvals and employer monitoring. If citizens are out of compliance, they must pay a “social maintenance fee.”
Exceptions: Minorities were permitted 3 children, disabled/death of first child, births spaced out (3-5 years, both parents are only children, 1st child is adopted, those living outside the country, rural families under “daughter hardship.”
Effects of OCP (China’s one child policy)
Sex Imbalance- Son preference, China’s lost girls, rise in violence against females, forced sterilizations/abortions, sex-selective procedures, 4-2-1, an aging population without supports, 2015 2 child policy
2.7 IMPORTANT VOCABULARY
Anti-Natalist Policies- These policies attempt to decrease the number of births in a country and are often used by developing countries
One Child Policy- (China implemented in1979-2016) Parents who has more than one child were subject to fines, although the law made exceptions for rural couples and ethnic minorities
Gender Preference- An unbalanced gender ratio at birth, usually because of culture and gender inequality (China’s one child policy contributed to this; 2010 - 118 males born for every 100 females. India has a similar sex ratio to China because males have more economic potential than girls)
Pronatalist Policies- Programs designed to increase the fertility rate