Local: church
records
(births, deaths,
marriages), internet
Personal:
recollections
of family
members
Factors causing a
longer life expectancy:
Better health care
- NHS, A&E,
vaccinations
Global connections - due
to globalisation the nature
of work has changed,
dangerous jobs have
become automated
Hygiene, sanitation
& safety - provision
of education,
regulate all
hazardous aspects
of peoples lives
Factors causing
falling birth rates:
Women's
status, pay
and rights -
better paid job
opportunities
Contraception, abortion &
education - less women
are becoming pregnant
due to protection/ aborting
the child
Costs & consumerism -
rising cost of living so
people cant afford families
Analysing
population change:
FAMILY SIZE:
population has
increase due
to life
expectancy
increasing
POPULATION
STRUCTURE: top
heavy population
structure, more
elderly over youth,
increased life
expectancy
MIGRATION: people
moving away from
manufacturing & mining
jobs to tertiary jobs,
urban-rural migration &
rural-urban migration,
move for careers/
accessibility/ uni's
The grey population:
due to lower birth
rates & increased life
expectancy
Benefits of a greying
population: spending
money on goods &
service, pay tax,
voluntary & charitable
work
Economic effects of
ageing: state pensions
paid out of taxes, heavy
demands on medical &
health care services,
demand for care homes
Social effects of ageing:
leads to isolation,
loneliness & social
exclusion, physical &
mental impairments,
pressure on families having
to care for the elderly
Solutions to tackle
the pressure:
Increase taxes, promoting
immigration, raising the age
limit for state pensions,
encourage people to work
longer, sell homes to move to
care homes so more housing
for the rest of the population