Demography

Subtopics

  • Reasons for the change to the Birth Rate

  • Reasons for changes of Death rate

  • The consequences of an Ageing population

  • The reasons for and consequences of changes to patterns of Migration

Key concepts

  • Birth rate

  • Death rate

  • Dependency ratio

  • Total fertility rate

  • Infant Morality rate

  • Child Morality Rate

  • Life expectancy

  • Healthy life expectancy

  • Demographic transition

  • Immigration

  • Emigration

  • Net migration

  • Push factors

  • Pull factors

Possible exam questions

  • Suggest two reasons for the long term decline in birth rate (4)

  • Suggest changes in the role of women that may explain why they have fewer children (4)

  • Suggest three consequences of the decline in the birth rate (6)

  • Suggest three reasons for the long term decrease in the death rate (6)

  • Suggest three problems society may face as a result of an ageing population (6)

  • Suggest three ways in which the elderly might be represented in stereotypical ways (6)

  • Suggest three ways in which society might respond to the challenges of an ageing population (6)

  • Suggest three pull factors which might attract people to immigrate into a particular country (6)

    Suggest two push factors which might explain patterns of migration (4)

  • Identify two changes in the patterns of child-bearing over the last thirty years (4)

  • Examine the reasons for, and the effects of, changes in family size over the past 100 years or so (24) (January 2012)

  • Using material from item B and elsewhere assess the view that an ageing Population creates problems for society (24) (June 2014)