There are many reasons for changes in family size over the past 100 years. Family size has been changing in all of the world’s industrial societies. One of the main reasons of changes in family size is that divorce rates have increased dramatically. This can be seen by figures showing that in 1950, there were 40,000 divorces across England and Wales and in 2005 there 153,399 across the same area. The increase in divorce has led to more reconstituted families, singlehood and single parenthood, therefore the family size has generally decreased apart from in cases where reconstituted families have been formed.
This may have also been due to mass inflation at the time: ‘By 1600 food cost on average five times as much as they had in 1500; the cost of living rose by over 35%’. This meant that more people became poor, as they could not afford to buy as much. Thirdly, the idea that, as the population
At the same time, their government was expanding rapidly, leading to more drain on the economy and expansions people couldn’t pay. Under emperor Wan-li, for instance, “there were 45 princes of the first rank and twenty-three thousand nobles to be paid at the total price of almost half the tax revenues” (Harman 223). Here too, the people became frustrated and started rioting. The political structure collapsed and again, the cycle of war after peace began. Meanwhile, Mogul India had become a very different place to China.
In his article, “Keeping the Dream Alive,” Meacham mentions this issue in today’s economy. “The widening gap between the rich and the poor suggests the dream is becoming more elusive for more people than at any other time in our history” (Meacham 6). Income inequality has grown significantly since the 1970’s in America, widening the gap between the rich and the poor, resulting in shrinkage of the middle class. “PARADE surveyed more than 2,200 Americans, 84% describe themselves as belonging to the middle class…by international standards, they live a life of prosperity. Yet behind this prosperity is a growing unease... 39% have had cuts in their overtime, raises or bonuses… 47% say that no matter how hard they work, they cannot get ahead.
However, it led to great costs in income and labor. Around 1950-2000, the world faced a great increase in world population, which is one of the reasons that the world was in need of more food sources. It jumped from 3 to 8 billion in just 50 years. (2) The population jumped because people had higher morale and wanted to have children in the future. The need for crop production was fueled by the lack of economic prosperity.
Rising Health Care and Poverty Rising Health Care and Poverty in the U.S.A Introduction Rising health care costs and poverty have been on the rise since the early, 1990’s. Medical costs have more than doubled over the last decade, and health insurance premiums have risen nearly five times faster than wages. Americans are spending far more on health care than residents of any other industrialized county while receiving lower quality care overall. Clemmitt, Marcia (2006, April 7) Rising health cost (vol.16, Issue 13). The census data for 2006 shows that 36.5 million Americans or about one in eight lived below the federal poverty like of $20,614 in income for a family of four.
However, the growth rate has been decreasing since then, and is projected to continue decreasing. The United Nations population projections out to 2100 (the red, orange, and green lines) show a possible peak in the world's population occurring as early as 2040. (contributors) The demographic transition is a model and theory that usually occurs in 4 stages describing the transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates that occurs as part of the economic development of a country. All countries undergo a transition during which death rates fall but birth rates remain high. Consequently, population grows rapidly.
On the other hand, the total number of people reported affected by natural disasters has increased from 0, to 250 millions over the last 50 years. This shows that the population is growing, and more people are choosing to live in hazardous areas, thus concluding that more people will be affected. The number of disasters has increased but the numbers of deaths has fallen. This could be because of global warming, which has increased the number of hurricanes, tornadoes and other tragedies (hydro metrological hazards). On the other hand, the number of deaths has fallen because of Predictions, (which are 90% accurate, and help give a better understating of the disaster unfolding) Precautions, (meaning people don’t take any chances, and evacuate their homes) and Preparedness (working as community to prepare for any disaster).
Life On The Margins – Food Insecurity ‘Population increase is the root cause of food insecurity’ Figure 1 Figure 1 Population growth Figure 2 Figure 2 Rapid population growth. Poor African and Third World countries have the highest growth rate in the world as shown on figure 1 which puts them at increased risk of food crises. For example, the population of Niger increased from 2.5 million to 15 million from 1950 to 2010. According to some estimations, Africa will produce enough food for only about a quarter population by 2025 if the current growth rate will continue which is alarming to say the least. The continuous rising demand enforces the supply to increase in value and this is catastrophic for most African countries.
English emigrated to America due to high population, high unemployment and the promise of a better life which America was offering. Thomas Malthius published his essay “the principles of population” in 1798. In this he claims that Britain’s population was growing at a faster rate than the food supply, this causing panic and encouraging the government to conduct a census in 1801. The result was 10.501.000, Britons population was estimated to have doubled in fifty years since 1750. This population problem coupled with new agricultural developments such as enclosure acts, which doubled crop production using fewer workers meant that there were many agricultural workers who were jobless.