GEOG-130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Population Pyramid, Total Fertility Rate
16 Oct 2020
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In many respects the policy of one child has been very successful. China has a total fertility rate (tfr) of 1. 55 now. It did create rule hardships too because there were not as many children to work in the fields. Impacts of the once-child policy on china"s population pyramid. Sex ratio: total population is 1. 06 m/f. Under 15 years: 1. 17 m/f: this rate is very skewed because of female infanticide. 65 years and over: . 92 m/f: this rate favors females because they live longer than men. Boys were always the next people in line to take over the land that their parents had owned. Women would be expected to give up their land after their parents die. The chinese heavily favored boys because boys were the ones that would cary on the family name and keep hold of all the family"s possessions.
