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Migration
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- 1Define ImmigrationPeople coming into the country
- 2Why does the kind of people immigrating change over time?Depends on the situation - global crisis
- 3What group of people is increasingly migrating to the UK?Females are now coming more than ever
- 4What are the factors that make an individual come to a country?Push and Pull factors
- 5Define Push FactorsFactors that make someone want to leave their country e.g. economic recession
- 6Define Pull FactorsFactors that make someone want to come to a country e.g. higher wages
- 7What is the impact of immigration?Increases population size
Alters the age structure - 8Why is an increase in population size significant?Without immigration our population size would be shrinking
- 9What is an altering in age structure?Lower the average age of the population both directly and indirectly
- 10How does migration lower the age of the population directly?They are generally younger people
- 11How does migration lower the age of the population indirectly?Being younger themselves they usually have children once here
- 12Define AssimilationIt encourages migrants to adopt: language, culture and values of the host culture
- 13Define multiculturalismAccepts migrants may want to keep some of their cultural identity but acceptance may be limited
- 14What is an example of shallow diversity?Making chicken tikka masala as Britain's national dish
- 15What is an example of deep diversity?Arranged marriages and the veiling of women - not accepted by the state
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- A2 Sociology (Families and Households) Flashcards on Migration, created by Abigail Courtness on 30/01/2017.
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