GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: One-Child Policy, Dependency Ratio
20 Oct 2017
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Anti-natalist: china (one child policy: china created this policy, which limited each family to one child, regardless of it being. Though many citizens would have preferred a boy due to cultural reasons: this started in 1978. If the policy was not introduced, the population would have been 1. 5 billion in 2001 rather than 2005: the most dramatic decrease in the fertility rate, from 5. 9 to 2. 9, occurred between. Is anyone not applicable to it: yes, ethnic minorities are exempt from the harsh penalties. Only the han chinese must follow the one child policy. The penalties include things such as completely cutting off the supply of grain along with a massive fine which was about 3 times the wages of a peasant worker. Later on in the child"s life, they can face issues such as not being given health care and having limited access to schools. Slowed down population growth. (the population would be 1. 5 billion in 2001 rather than 2005. )
