One Child Policy quizBell

Task:

1. What year was the policy introduced?

2. State 3 social issues of the policy.

3. State 2 political issues of the policy.

4. State 1 economic issue of the policy.

5. What year was the policy abandoned?

6. What is China’s population?

1.351 billion

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India has one of the highest population growth rates in the world. In the last ten years its population has increased by 181 million.

If this growth rate continues it could become the world's most populated country by 2020. 

India's population is estimated to be about 1.23 billion.

India Case Study - Kerala

A3 sheet KeralaTask 1:

Complete notes on your A3 summary sheet about Kerala.

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India Case Study - Kerala

India's population growth rate is slowing.

This is particularly the case in the southern state of Kerala.

In Kerala there have been a number of initiatives to reduce population growth: 

1. Women are being educated.Around half of all Indian women cannot read or write (illiterate). However,

in Kerala 85% of women are literate. Better educated women are more likely to keep their children healthy. Therefore infant mortality has dropped. This has led to a drop in birth rates. If children are surviving families no longer have to have a couple of extra children to replace those that die. 

2. Contraception is more widely available.

3. The status of women has improved significantly.Women are no longer seen as a burden - they are regarded as an asset.

Traditionally in India when a woman gets married the family have to pay money to the bridegroom's family. This is called a dowry. However, in Kerala it is the bridegroom's family who pay a dowry to the brides family. 

Kerala / India gender comparisons

Kerala

1961

Kerala

2001

India 1961

India 2001

Sex Ratio females/1000 males 1022 1058 941 933Literacy Rate (women) 39 86 13 54Mean Age at Marriage M/F 26/20 28/22 (1981) 20/15 23/19 (1981)

Life expectancy M/F

46/50 67/72 (1991)

73 (02)

42/41 61/62(1991) 68 (02)

http://www.kerala.gov.in/

Kerala’s future

• Kerela is regarded as a ‘progressive’ state.

• The birth rate is likely to continue to fall below the death rate.

• It is proposed that the India forces local governments to give incentives and punishments to lower birth rates.

• Is it a violation of human and democratic rights?

• Many proponents of the policy believe that a decrease in population will aid the economic growth of the country, just as China's economic growth accelerate after the implementation of its One-Child Policy in 1979 -- increasing the affluence of its people.

• As a country, we cannot do a China - where the government can get away with coercively conducting abortions and imposing stringent punishments on violators.

Compare Kerala and China’s OCPTask 2:

Compare the two policies in a diagram

Methods for reducing birth ratesTask 3:

Decide where they go on a strength line.

1. No policy

e.g. Saudi Arabia

5. Some family planning and

education

3.Free contraceptives

4. Money and other rewards for

small families

6. Sterilisation may be

compulsory

2. Strict policy supported by

punishment e.g. China

Weak Strong