How do differences in the degree of governmental control in China and India relate to their different birth control policies?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The Indian government sponsors family- planning programs, and radio and television emphasize that small families are healthier and happier. A new social security program assures people that they will be taken care of by the government in their old age. Abortions are legal, but sterilization accounts for about 90% of India's family-planning program and is practiced by 37% of married Indian women.
In 1979, China launched a so-called one-child policy, offering couples incentives to reduce childbearing, such as financial rewards and special privileges for small families, as well as penalties for exceeding the targets. There are numerous exceptions provided by the policy, however, so that only about a third of the population actually lives under a strict one-child rule and thus the policy, if followed, would create a TFR of about 1.47. The policies have helped to lower China's fertility rate to about 1.6, well below replacement level, although with enormous controversy about the government's tactics. Other factors, such as delayed marriage and changing ideas about family size, are likely contributing to this decline independently of government policy. If these trends continue, China's population will peak during the next two decades before decreasing.
You might also like to view...
Gases are so much easier to squeeze into smaller volumes than liquids or solids because
A. they are so much lighter. B. they are always warmer than liquids or solids. C. their atoms or molecules are already moving at high speeds. D. there is so much space in between the submicroscopic particles.
Large volcanic eruptions
A) increase global temperatures due to the increased albedo of volcanic aerosols. B) decrease global temperatures due to the increased albedo of volcanic aerosols. C) have no effect on global temperatures despite the increased albedo of volcanic aerosols. D) have little effect on the atmosphere unless only a small amount of sulfuric gases are released.
Ecosystem ecology emphasizes system components generally ignored by community ecology, namely _______ and __________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
For a neutrally-charged atom to become a positively-charged ion of the same element, it must ____
a. lose a proton b. lose an electron
c. gain a proton d. gain an electron e. lose an electron and gain a proton