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- 1DTM Stage 2- AfghanistanPopulation - 35 million
Crude Birth Rate - 46.6
Crude Death Rate - 20.3
Fertility Rate - 6.69
Infant Mortality rate - 187.5%
Natural Increase per year - 3.88%
Life expectancy - 41.9/43.4
Population under 15 - 43%
Population over 65 - 3% - 2DTM Stage 5- GermanyPopulation - 82.7 million
Crude Birth Rate - 8.7
Crude Death Rate - 10.6
Fertility Rate - 1.3
Infant Mortality rate - 3.48 (per1000)
Natural Increase per year - 1.9%
Life expectancy - 75.2/81.2
Population under 15 - 14.4%
Population over 65 - 18.8% - 3INDIA 112 : 100-Dowries must b paid
-Son is needed to light funeral pyre
-Son is needed to continue family name
-Son is an economic benefit
-22,000 girls aborted in Dheli / 500,000 in the whole of India (every year)
-Some villages 2:1
-40million extra men - 4RUSSIA 85 : 100-Communism fell so people lost government run jobs so turned to alcohol and drugs
-Alcohol is a big part of the culture
-High unemployment -> little tax -> no improvements
-60 bottles of vodka per person(per anum)
-No drink driving laws -> 144,00 deaths (Jan-Aug 2012)
-Suicide increased by 60% from 1984
-500,000 teen alcoholics ->beer was only considered an alcoholic drink in 2012
-Life expectancy 64/76 - 5Voluntary Migration - Poland to UK PUSH FACTORS (Poland)-High unemployment rate - 18.2% (05)
(Over 40% in youth)
-Annual GDP - $12,700 (06)
-Low average wage - £800 (per month) - 6Voluntary Migration - Poland to UK PULL FACTORS (UK)-Low unemployment rate - 5.1%
(high demand for semi skilled)
-607,900 job vacancies (07)
-English is already spoken by Polls
-Travel is cheaper die to technological advances
-Annual GDP - $30,900 - 7Voluntary Migration - Poland to UK COSTS to POLLADSOCIAL:
-Divorce rate has doubled in the last 7 years
-More women than men
-Gdansk, not enough people working
ECONOMIC:
-No one to do jobs
-Most people train then leave
(Gdansk- ship yard, 100 trainees leave after training every year and only around 5 stay) - 8Voluntary Migration - Poland to UK BENEFITS to POLLANDSOCIAL
-Better standard of life
-Gdansk; more jobs available for women
-Bitof; Female fire fighters
ECONOMIC
-People send money back to families which boosts the Polish economy. - 9Voluntary Migration - Poland to UK COSTS to UKSOCIAL
-Racial tensions
-Brothels
-Over crowding
-Decline of Lincon Rd, Peterborough
CULTURAL
-24 languages spoken in local primary school
(more staff is required)
ECONOMIC
-House prices decline
-No proper investment; Dr's struggle (1000 extra patients)
ENVIRONMENTAL
-More housing required
-Rubbish dumping - 10Voluntary Migration - Poland to UK BENEFITS to UKCULTURAL
-Diversification
ECONOMIC
-Take jobs Brits don't want
-Big contribution to GDP £25billion
-Peterborough has a fast growing economy - 11FORCED MIGRATION - SYRIAN REFUGES TO TURKEY-$2billion in support
-200,00 living in camps (dec 14)
-300,000 living all together
(confusion with registration with 3 different schemes)
-Friction between the two communities (2 car bombs, May 14) - 12FORCED MIGRATION - SYRIAN REFUGES TO UK-Only 24 allowed in June 14
-Children can speak to refugees first hand, interactively learning
-Due to political pressure gave £7billion (dec14) - 13AGEING POPULATION POLICY: IMIGRATION to UKPRO's
-13% of working people are imigrants
-immigrants do skilled jobs (professional + managerial roles)
-Reduce dependency ratio
(income tax doesn't have to increase)
CON's
-Friction between immigrants and locals
-High cost - 14AGEING POPULATION POLICY: INCREASING FERTILITY RATE in FRANCEPRO's
-Law against free sale of contraceptives
-24 months paid maternity leave
-Larger families get public housing priority
-Increased fertility rate to 1.96 in 2011
CON's
-Expensive - 15AGEING POPULATION POLICY: RETIREMENT AGES and PENSIONSFRANCE
-Increasing retirement age from:
65-66 (men)
60-66 (women)
UK
-Expected to contribute more - 16HIGH BIRTH RATES- CHINA POLICY: LATER, LONGER, FEWER (1976)-Women who had abortions had a free holiday given to them
-Married couples were forced to sign a contract stating they will have only the 1 child - 17HIGH BIRTH RATES- CHINA POLICY: ONE CHILD POLICY (1979)-1983, 44,000 abortions daily
-Prevented 400million births
GENDER IMBALANCE
-120 : 100
-Hainan, 170 : 100
-Prostitution/Brothels
-Kidnapping of young girls - 18HIGH MORTALITY RATES - HIV/AIDS UGANDA POLICIES-ABC (1986):
A = sexual 'A'bsence until marriage
B = 'B'e faithful
C = use a 'C'ondom
-Aids info centre (1990):
counselling and training
-Youth Organisation 'Straight Talk'
(educate young people)
-Posters/Political openness (1986) - 19HIGH MORTALITY RATES - HIV/AIDS UGANDA SUCCESSES-5% HIV positive in 2008 (reduced from 31% in 1990)
-Life expectancy: 47 --> 54
-Death rate: 19 -->12 - 20HIGH MORTALITY RATES - HIV/AIDS UGANDA FALIURES-People don't believe the government (they believe condoms don't work and they are a money making scheme)
-HIV positive rose to 6.5% in 2013
-20,000 child abortions
-Spread due to long distance lorry drivers using brothels/ 20% of girls are married to soldiers and given STDs which are passed to the children through breast feeding
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