Ann Buchanan takes a look at the global picture of families, showing that in most countries, women are having fewer children than in previous generations. In developed countries, there is now real concern about the shrinking proportion of people of working age. She then looks at the various reasons for this fall in fertility rates. You should take note of the ‘five Cs’ which help to explain this. This material will be very useful for the topic of ‘Families and households’, and also has links to development and globalisation.
total fertility rate, population pyramid, working-age population
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