More children are born in Britain today outside of marriage than in most other European countries. This has been linked to many explanations such as; poor education in sexual health and the lack of knowlege on different types of contraceptives. Nearly a quarter of children lived with only one parent (25%) last year and nine out of ten of these households were headed by mothers. Dennis and Erdos believe that is is down to most families being fatherless, meaning they automatically have poor health and lower educational attainment, however this is only one theory. Another main reason is the simple fact people are marrying later for many reasons, more because of the change in attitudes towards education and religion (seclurisation).
In rural areas especially, this policy has created many problems, this is because men are seen as more useful on land. With more than half of China’s population living in the countryside and rural areas, this is a very big problem. Poorer farmers may have some land, but on the other hand they do not have enough money to pay for workers, so more children are needed to work on the land, preferably boys. Gender-based abortions are not so uncommon, so nowadays doctors are not meant to tell couples the gender of their babies, but this rule is easily avoided with the special ‘red envelopes’ that contain bribes for the doctors. The Policy has made it harder for the government economically.
If a family ignores the policy, and has more than one child, they will have to pay a large fine; can lose their job, and any bonuses at work. The policy has a few exceptions, for example people with no siblings are allowed more than one child, along with rural families, ethnic minorities, and foreigners living in china. In rural areas, families can apply for a second child if their first child is a girl, disabled or has a mental illness. The policy caused a drop in fertility rate, from 3 children per woman in 1980, to 1.54 children per woman in 2011. Chinese authorities consider the policy, a great success, as it was estimated that China had three to four hundred million less people in 2008 than it would have done, had the policy not been introduced.
If at any point they failed, they would see this as a big mistake and give up and have a lack of motivation. It can also be argued that working class children do not get the support of their parents, this is because many of the parents believe that they survived without an education, so believe that there children can do the same. Working class families can also lack in support in terms of if the child fails a particular exam, they would not give them positive feed back on how they could improve they would improve. Whereas, it can be argued that higher class families have more motivation and the parents also give the support to the children that is needed. This would have a positive influence on the child’s education as it would give them hope and not give them an opportunity of giving up.
Assess the effectiveness of the Chinese One Child Policy. (15 marks) The Chinese One Child Policy (OCP) is a scheme to encourage families to have less children in order to slow down the rate of population growth in China. The policy was introduced because they wanted to avoid a Malthusian-type of disaster and the government realised that only controlled population can improve the living conditions of its people. The One Child Policy draws a clear line between rewards and punishments, citizens are given benefits if they follow the policy completely. However, on the other hand, penalties are given if they disobey the rule set.
How does it feel to be bullied? Well it does NOT feel very well. For some cases, it leads to suicide. Statistics show that… Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts.
The One Child Policy By: Maarya Omar 8s 16/11/2011 In 1979 The One Child Policy was introduced to China, or as the Chinese government refers to the official statement of Family Planning Policy. What is The One Child Policy? The One Child Policy restricts urban, married couples from having more than one child; however exceptions are made to those living in rural areas, parents without any siblings and many more. Why was the One Child Policy established? The policy was established to improve social, economic and environmental problems in China, as well to reduce the rapid growth of China’s population.
Loosening Chinese population policy Introduction: This is about controversial one-child policy in China and its new change. China, the world’s most populated country, has a population policy states that one family can have only one child except in some circumstances, such as both parents are minorities or the first child of the parents is disabled or has some serious inherited disease. The purpose of this policy is that the Chinese government was trying to control the boosted growth population. This policy was written in the Chinese Constitution in 1982 though it was published in the 1970s. Article 25 says that “The state promotes family planning so that population growth may fit the plans for economic and social development”, and Article 49 states that “Both husband and wife have the duty to practice family planning”.
Delayed marriage, delayed childbearing age, and the spacing of births, which in exceptional cases, are forms of restrictions imposed for the planning of family size. The population target set by the Government of China was 1.2 billion by the year 2000, but instead it was 1.27 billion in 2000, which was near to the government target. The Chinese government claims that this policy prevented the growth of population by nearly three hundred million people. The rate of reproduction for the Chinese family was 2.9 in 1979 and dropped down to 1.7 in 2004. For example, in Beijing, which is the largest city in China, more than half of the families have only one child ( Hesketh and Wei Xing, par 1-7).
After China became the People’s Republic; the Chinese people have enjoyed an improvement in their sanitation, medicine, and lifestyle. These improvements caused a population explosion, which was proudly advocated by Chairman Mao Zedong in 1948, who thought more people meant more money, and subsequently, more power (Fitzpatrick, 2009). Unfortunately, the ever increasing population was badly impacting their national food supply, which initiated the start of China’s plan to control their population (Fitzpatrick, 2009). China has had multiple failed attempts on trying to reduce their fertility rate (Fitzpatrick, 2009). Ultimately, the most effective solution became the one child policy, which was implemented in 1979 (Fitzpatrick, 2009).