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DEMOGRAPHY
Until the 1980’s, the UK population growth was largely the product of natural change- that is, the result of there being more births than deaths. However, since the 1980’s most of the growth comes from migration. We are going to explore the link between family and population size.
DECLINE IN BIRTH RATE
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child centeredness
The increasing child-centeredness both of the family and of society as a whole means that childhood is socially constructed as a uniquely important period in the individual’s life.
In terms of family size, this has encouraged a shift from ‘quantity’ to ‘quality’ parents now have fewer children and lavish more attention and resources on these few
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womens biological clock
Harper also notes that, once a pattern of low fertility lasts for more than one generation, cultural norms about family size change. Smaller families become the norm and large ones come to be seen as deviant or less acceptable.
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