China's one child policy
Name a negative effect
Women often had forced abortions, many human right breaches, 360 million abortions in total.
What was 'One child policy'?
A rule from the government that people only had one child.
What now?
A two child policy has now been implemented
Why was it needed?
Fertility rate: 6.4 in 1965, 1.62 in 2016
Name another negative effect.
The missing women problem- Families want boys- 50 million missing women, not enough women for men to have lmao.- Men outnumber women by 30 million
Define an anti-natal policy?
An anti-natalist policy is a population policy which aims to discourage births. This can be done through education on family planning and increased access to contraception, or by law (China—One Child Policy.)
Details about the policy and how it was enforced.
Increased salaries for families with 1 child Increased money needing to be spent to have 2 children , Free housing for families with one child, forced abortions for second children, extremely aggressive.
When was one child policy introduced and when did it end?
Introduced in 1979 and ended in 2015.
Name another negative effect.
Lack of equality with rich people able to pay their way to a new one.
Name a positive effect of the policy.
Prevented 400 million birth, means statistically this did work
Name another positive effect of the policy.
Reduced fertility from 6.4 to 1.62
State another negative effect.
The 4-2-1 problem: tremendous strain on kids to take care of their elders, 4 elders 2 parents and only one kid.
Name another negative effect.
The population will be unbalanced in 30 years- Will have many elderly dependants.
