Assess the View That Population Change in the Uk Since 1900 Has Been the Result of Economic Factors
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Assess the view that population change in the UK since 1900 has been the result of economic factors.
In 1901, Britain’s population stood at 37 million. By 2007, the population of the UK had reached nearly 61 million and by 2031, it will reach 71 million. Until the 1980s, UK population growth was largely the product of natural change (more births than deaths). However since the 1980s, most of the growth has come from net migration (more immigration than emigration).
The birth rate is defined as the number of live births per 1000 of the population per year. The birth rate is declining due to the changes in position of women, decline in infant mortality rate, children becoming an economic liability and child centeredness. This leads to a lower infant mortality rate which is the number of infants who die before their first birthday, per thousand babies born alive per year. This therefore leads to smaller families meaning more wealth, industrialisation and better improvements. The birth rate is declining due to changing attitudes which is a social factor, advances in medicine/healthcare such as contraception and abortion this is a technological factor. Also attitudes to abortion are also changing.
Since the 1900s, the birth rate and death rate were both dropping, however when industrialisation had come about in the late 18th century to the mid 19th century, it led to better paid jobs, which meant higher incomes which therefore gave people better health, diets and nutrition. Industrialisation therefore led to more public spending which meant that the local government and necessary power where able to improve the public health and quality of the environment. Before the 1950s, medical improvements played almost no part in the reduction of deaths from infectious disease. However after 1950s, improved medical knowledge, techniques and organisation did help to reduce death rates.
In addition to natural change, the other factor effecting the size and age of the...
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