Population - Population Structures (Consequences/Solutions)

Question 1

Consequences of Ageing population

Answer 1

• Less children/Young people

• Unemployment in teachers and midwives
• Shortage of working age population in future
• Less money is spent of schools and sports

• More old people
- More money spent on old people services such as:
° Healthcare
° Housing
° Pensions 
° Old Peoples homes

Question 2

Solutions of Ageing population

Answer 2

• Give mothers longer paid maternity leave (Give fathers paternity leave)
• Generous child benefit payments
• Raise retirement age (Increase workforce)
• Endorse immigration

Question 3

Consequences of Growing population

Answer 3

• Pressure on countryside

• Overpopulation leads to soil erosion
• Overpopulation results in smaller farms
• Emigration to cities

• Pressure on cities

• Insufficient housing leads to shanty towns
• Higher unemployment increases crime rate
• Inadequate schools and hospitals

• More money spent on schools and sports

Question 4

Solutions of Growing population

Answer 4

• More access to contraception to decrease birth rate
• Taxes for parents with larger families
• Benefits for parents with smaller families
• Raise age of marriage
• Increase industry to get money to support larger population
• Developing a country increases standard of living, which means birth rate goes down