Geography 2143A/B Lecture : Geo of World Biz Class video-2.docx
10 Apr 2014
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India: will soon surpass china with world"s biggest population, fertility has plummeted from 6 children/person to 3/person, south of india educated w/ low birth rates, north little education/literacy w/ more children (5/woman, indias pop could double by 2050, family: woman almost died delivering her 8th baby so had to rush to the hospital she wanted to have her tubes tied but her mother in law and husband wouldn"t let her, to survive: you must have one or two sons to ensure that one of them survives, 1/10 children dies before age 5, sexual reproductive issues are dealt with by men, 90% of marriages are arranged 50% chance of things going wrong, vast number of youth at base of pyramid half the country is under 25 (reproductive age, daughters = economic liability b/c of dowries to marry them off, sons are desired, 25,000 women are killed or injured over dowry/family suits or failure to produce a son.
