Big base High proportion of young people Normally in LEDCs Stage 2
High birth rate Slowly decreasing death rates Lack of family planning High infant mortality rate No education about contraception Primary based economy
Young people need an education Young children need health care, for example immunisation There is also a shortage of workers Increased dependency ratio.
Lower death rates Less money is spent on care Lots of workers for the future Large future market Educated and literate population.
An anti-natalist policy like the one-child policy in China Reduced birth rates Arranging family planning Reduced infant mortality rates Privatised healthcare Improving education Preventing early marriage before 18.
A population in which the number of elderly people is increasing Stage 4 or 5
Good medical care Improved water supply Good diets Good sanitation and hygiene Low birth rates which are caused by the cost of children, emigration of economically active, and emancipation of women.
Government spends more money on health care, and care homes More pensions Shortage of workers Increase in the dependency ratio Reduced spending on education and transport network
Less money spent on schooling and natal medical care Lower crime rates Elderly people more experienced and can be useful in the workplace
Offer more pro-natalist policies Private pensions Private healthcare Increased immigration of economically active Keeping the older population active
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