Geography Theme 1

• Birth rate


  Number of live births per 1000 people per year
• Reasons for high birth rate

  • Problem of contraceptions
  • High infant mortality rate
  • Children seen as economic assets
  • Education limited especially for girls
  • Early marriage
• Ageing population


  When there are more old people than young people
• Policy used to increase population growth

  1. Singapore 'three or more' policy

  2. Provide financial support and tax relief

  3. Cash gifts of $4000 for the first and second child and $6000 for the third and fourth

  4. Child care helps includes subsidies rebate on maid levy, child care leave and no pay leave
• Quality of life


  Which measures the overall well-being of a it's people, which includes both economic well-being and social well-being
• Index that uses life expectancy is the Human Development Index (HDI)