Q12)
The gap between birth rate and death rate is getting smaller.
Why might people choose to have fewer children in the UK today ?
How can we use the data in Resource 2 to help to explain the falling birth rate ?
Why might the death rate be rising even though medical care is more advanced ?
A12) Fertility rate is declining in most EMDCs (Economically more developed countries)
When a country has a situation where the number of births are not high enough to replace the number of deaths, this is known as a situation of SUB REPLACEMENT FERTILITY.
WIKIPEDIA article on this issue
The map below is taken from the Wikipedia article: those countries shaded in blue are in this position, and as you can see there are quite a few of them !
Remember that 2.1 children need to be born to counteract the SEX RATIO: 105 boys are born for every 100 girls, as well as replace the 2 parents.
Why do you think that there are fewer children being born ?
Read this BBC ARTICLE for a financial reason !
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