Population Issues in South Asia To be able

Population Issues in South Asia To be able to describe regional fertility rates in India

Population Issues in South Asia

South Asia – Population Issues • Poverty and fertility in South Asia are still high • 24% of world’s population in South Asia (27% by 2050) • Poorest families are largest • Children can work to add to family income • Older children expected to support elderly parents – pensions rare

South Asia – Population Issues Need to: • Encourage family planning to slow population growth • Improve standards of health care esp. for mothers and children • Raise the status of women and improve education for girls

Tasks • Plot the population growth of each country from the table on page 80 • Complete questions 1 -3

South Asia • Recreate the map on page 81 showing fertility rates in different states in India • Make sure you have a title and a key

South Asia • Examine the table on page 80 WJEC textbook and complete Activity 1 • Watch Kerala clip • Question sheet • Activities 2 and 3 pages 80 and 81 WJEC textbook • http: //www. bbc. co. uk/education/clips/zjgpyrd

Fertility in South Asia • Pattern could be explained by 1. The opportunity for paid work in some states and not others 2. Better educated girls in some states putting of children to work and have a career

Population Policies • Pro-natal – pro-birth – encouraging women to have children eg France • Anti-natal – anti-birth – restricting births eg China’s one child policy Read p 184 -185 AQA textbook Make notes on the history of population policy in Kerala and what the policy has involved

Case study: pro-natalist policy in France ØMany areas of Europe have a low fertility rate because of the following reasons: Øeducation - people are more aware of the availability of contraception and consequences an unplanned pregnancy can have on their career Øwomen in careers - Women may choose to follow their career choice rather than start a family while young Ølater marriages Østate benefits - couples no longer need children to help care for them when older

• France was a country with concerns that professional women were choosing not to have children. The government were worried that the population was not going to replace itself over time • The policies that were put in place to encourage three-children families were: • a cash incentive of £ 675 monthly (nearly the minimum wage) for a mother to stay off work for one year following the birth of her third child • the 'carte famille nombreuse' (large family card), giving large reductions on train fares

• income tax based on the more children the less tax to pay • three years paid parental leave, which can be used by mothers or fathers • government subsidised day care for children under the age of three, and full time school places for over threes paid for by the government • This has resulted in mothers considering having children and remaining in work. The fertility rate in France is one of Europe's highest. • Fertility rate 2. 01 (2012 World Bank) http: //www. france 24. com/en/20120118 france-demography-health-european-union

http: //www. france 24. com/en/20120118 france-demography-health-european-union Report on baby boom in France https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=7 saf. Msi. Gy. CM Shortage of nannies in France https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=GRRa 9 MX 7_ZE The situation in Germany