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Families and Households
Demography
Aging population
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Cards (3)
Causes
Declining
fertility rates
= more women in
employment
, less
children
Increasing
life expectancy
=
medical advances
, less dangerous
occupations
Advantages of aging population
Grandparents
provide
childcare
Consumerism
during
retirement
Disadvantages of aging population
Burden of
dependency
= less people in
workforce
to support elderly
Isolation
= increase in
single
parent
households
Care homes
= not all can afford and in demand