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Mind Map by Ruth Armitage, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ruth Armitage
over 11 years ago
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Anti- and pro- natalist policies
- China's One Child Policy
- 1979
- Why?
- After WW2, there
were great fears of a
severe famine in China
- The population
was growing at an
exponential rate
- After WW2, there
were great fears of a
severe famine in China
- What was the original policy?
- Couples were restricted
to just one child
- and they had to
be sterilised after
their first child or
abort any future
pregnancies
- As a reward, they
were given a 5-10%
salary increase
- and they had to
be sterilised after
their first child or
abort any future
pregnancies
- Couples could not
marry until their late
20s
- they were also given
priority housing, pension
and family benefits - incl.
free education for the child
- The Granny Police
- Older, respected women
supervise the community to
make sure everyone keeps
with the One Child Policy
- Older, respected women
supervise the community to
make sure everyone keeps
with the One Child Policy
- Couples were restricted
to just one child
- Sanction
- 10% salary cut
- bankrupt many
households
- bankrupt many
households
- Pay for education for
both children + health
care for the whole family
- 10% salary cut
- Problems
- Forced abortions
in the first month
of pregnancy
- Pressure
on women
- Families
- Workmates
- The "Granny Police"
- Themselves
- Families
- Local officials +
govt. had power over
people's private lives
- Cultural
preference of
boys to girls
- Boys take the family
name and look after
parents in old age
- Some girls placed
in orphanages or
allowed to die
- Over 15 million
orphans in China
- Mostly abandoned girls
- Mostly abandoned girls
- Over 15 million
orphans in China
- Boys take the family
name and look after
parents in old age
- Not easy to
enforce in
rural areas
- Forced abortions
in the first month
of pregnancy
- Benefits
- Famine predicted
did not happen
- Population growth
slowed sufficiently
- BR fell from
33.4 to 17
- 400 million fewer
people born
- 400 million fewer
people born
- Enough food
and jobs
- BR fell from
33.4 to 17
- Increased technology and
exploitation of resources
- Higher
S of L
- New industries
have lifted millions
out of poverty
- Higher
S of L
- Famine predicted
did not happen
- Changes to
the policy - 1990s + 2000s
- Young, single
child couples can
have 2 children
- Young people are
now responsible to
4 elderly parents
- No siblings
to help
- No siblings
to help
- Women can
concentrate on careers
- Have
achieved
more
- Have
achieved
more
- Increased wealth
- Attitude to having a
daughter has improved
- More people can
break the rules and
take the consequences
- Attitude to having a
daughter has improved
- Half the population live
on less than $2 per day
- Young, single
child couples can
have 2 children
- Why?
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