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WorksheetsPopulation Policies & Aging Populations (Review)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following explains an unintended consequence of China's antinatalist one-child policy?
A dramatic reduction of the birth rate and a decline of the rate of natural increase rate, resulting in lower population growth.
Agricultural families were forced to relocate to the nearest city to search for employment, resulting in increased urban population.
A projected shortage of working-age people to care for the rising elderly population, resulting in an increase in the cost of living for older people.
Decreased spending on childhood expenses, such as education and nursery supplies results in a drop in domestic economic productivity.
A decreased emphasis on education due to the decreasing numbers of school-age children results in a loss of international competitiveness.
Which of the following country demographics would be used to explain the need for the pronatalist policies shown?
A country with a birth rate of 43, a death rate of 12, and a natural increase of 3.1, passes a law that required paid maternity leave
A country with a birth rate of 11, a death rate of 13, and a rate of natural increase of -0.2, legislates tax credits for working parents
A country with a birth rate of 16, a death rate of 4, and a rate of natural increase of 1.2, establishes long maternity leave periods
A country with a birth rate of 12, a death rate of 10, and a rate of natural increase of 0.2, requires full-day kindergarten.
A country with a birth rate of 20, a death rate of 10, and a rate of natural increase of 1.0, provides state subsidized day care centers.
Country X has a high youth-dependency ratio. Country Z has fears of running out of agricultural resources. Which of the following explains why Countries X and Z would implement antinatalist policies?
Antinatalist policies promote higher birth rates so the country will have an adequate future workforce.
Antinatalist policies promote immigration so the country will be able to sustain its population.
Antinatalist policies correct skewed sex ratios so the number of each sex will be relatively even.
Antinatalist policies promote health and sanitation to lower the number of deaths from infectious diseases.
Antinatalist policies promote family planning and education of women to reduce fertility rates.
Which of the following describes a concern for a country with an aging population?
As a country’s population ages, the life expectancy for the younger population of the country decreases and healthcare costs decline.
As a country’s population ages, the infant mortality rate decreases and there is an increased need for daycare centers.
As the proportion of older people in the country increases, fewer young workers are available to contribute tax revenues to support programs that provide services to the older population.
As the proportion of older people in the country increases, the sex ratio becomes disproportionally skewed toward males.
As the proportion of older people increases, the total population decreases because older people do not have children.
Which of the following would be most likely to increase life expectancy in a less developed country, resulting in an aging population in that country?
An increase in the country’s birth rate
Rural-to-urban migration within the country
Improvements in transportation and communication networks
Improvements in access to health care and sanitation
A decrease in the country’s total fertility rate
The data in the table can be used to describe a high level of female empowerment for which of the following countries?
Mexico
India
Nigeria
France
Egypt
Which of the following describes the most likely cause of death for a citizen of a country in stages 4 and 5 of the demographic transition model?
Infectious diseases due to poor sanitation
Degenerative diseases due to old age and lifestyle
Starvation due to an unstable food supply
Infectious diseases due to lack of vaccines and antibiotics
Reemergence of previously eradicated diseases
Which of the following types of countries are most likely challenged with the problems associated with a large youth-dependent population, such as providing public primary education for all children?
More developed countries
Less developed countries
Free market countries
Landlocked countries
Island countries
The sex ratio represented in the age-sex graph above for Country X is most likely the result of
high infant mortality
undercounting of females
an epidemic with high mortality
a period of war
a large guest-worker population
Which of the following best identifies the data for the Eastern Great Rift Valley, shown on the map?
High arithmetic density
Low arithmetic density
Low carrying capacity
High total fertility rate
Low total fertility rate
