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    Examine the Main Trends in Births and Deaths in the United Kingdom since 1900 (24 Marks) Birth rates overall has been on the decline‚ (the amount of live babies born per year per 1000 of the population). There are many reasons for this‚ one of the main ones being the changes in women’s positions. Women are now seen as more legally equal to men‚ they are now allowed to vote with no animosities held against them‚ also they now get paid to work which allows them to provide for themselves and their

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    The birth rate of a country refers to the number of live births per thousand of the population per year. The general trend for the UK is that there has been a decline in the birth rate since 1900 however there have been fluctuations in the rate due e.g. After World War 1 & 2 and in the 1960s. Sociologists believe this is because of four major factors: changes in gender roles‚ falling infant mortality‚ children being seen as an economic burden and our society becoming more child centred. A main

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    Examine the main trends in births and deaths in the United Kingdom since the 1900” (24 mark) Births and deaths are the main aspects that determine a populations overall size. Untill the 1980‚ big changes had occurred in Britain‚ as a result of natural change‚ where tehre were more births than deaths in the UK. By 1801‚ Britian has a popuatlion of 10.5 million‚ a hundered year later in 1901‚ the population stood at 37 million. It is predicted that by 2031‚ the popultaion will reach a whooping 71

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    Since 1990‚ there has been a declining trend in birth rates and family size. The birth rate refers to the number of live births per 1000 of the population per year. There have been incidents of ’baby booms’ during the 20th century‚ where the birth rate has suddenly increased. These include after both world wars and during the 1960s. However‚ overall the birth rate has been decreasing. There are a number of social factors responsible for these changes. Firstly‚ the changing position of women in society

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    Examine the reasons for‚ and the consequences of‚ the fall in death rates since 1900. (24 Marks) Consequences- Ageing population in Britain- Government spending NHS/Welfare -Lack of jobs for elderly- e.g. B&Q Reasons- Improvements in healthcare and medicines -Safer jobs Death rates are the number of deaths per 100‚000 of the population per year. Since 1900 due to improvements in many areas‚ a few examples being medicine‚ welfare and safer jobs‚ death rate in countries such as Britain have decreased

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    Examine the reasons for changes in birth rates and family size since 1990 (24 marks) Birth rate is the number of babies being born per 1000 of a population per year‚ it may be measured as the number of births in a given population during a given time period (such as a calendar year)‚ divided by the total population and multiplied by 1‚000. Since 1900 there has been a decline in the demographic trend of birth rate‚ however there was an increase after the two world wars and the 1960’s. The end of

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    Examine the main trends in the birth and death rates in the UK since 1900 As the population of a country increases‚ there will be certain factors affecting the people of that country; the birth rate‚ and the death rate are two of the major demographic trends. Since 1900 the UK has changed greatly‚ as has the demography of the country. The Birth rate - the number of live births per 1000 of the population per year originally was fairly high due to the fact that child labour was legal in Victorian

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    Examine Religious Diversity in the UK. In the UK‚ which is traditionally Christian‚ religious diversity has been recently highlighted because of the 2001 census that was conducted‚ which asked people to identify their religion; this is the first document to record this information since the 1800’s. The development in religious plurality has occurred due to factors such as Africanization‚ migrants and conversions predominantly over the last 100 hundred years. Weller‚ a sociologist‚ said that “the

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    The understanding of mental illness today since the early 1900s has changed significantly. In the 1900s‚ people still had no real understanding of what caused mental illnesses‚ let alone how to treat the disease. The disease was feared and was seen as incurable. Mentally ill patients would be sent to asylums‚ and as a form of treatment they were tortured. Until in the later 1900s‚ it was discovered that certain factors and drug therapy could be a treatment to cure the mentally ill. Today there are

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    Pre 1900’s Fashion In the early 1900’s also known as the Edwardian Era‚ fashion was more important than comfort. It was an era if elegance and grace‚ clothing was considered a status symbol. The silhouette of the early 1900’s was an “S” shaped figure‚ female bodies were corseted to a small waist with exaggerated curved hips and buttocks. It was very important the women wore corsets throughout the early 1900 and even before that time. Thus‚ added emphasized on the waist giving the women various

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