Blog 17
Describe the economic and cultural forces that shape the choice to have children—or not- in each of the countries listed in the article. Use the first hand accounts from the women in each of the countries to build your answer. You will also want to include background information about fertility rates and how we use them as human geographers:
Lots of countries struggle with over population for their lack in technology. Fertility rates in poor countries that are not developed can lead to lack of resources, food and job opportunities. However, there has been a huge crash in these underdeveloped countries.
In Yemen, 1990, the fertility rate was about 8. In 2017, that number dropped down to 4. So you may be wondering what caused such a decrease, so here's whats going on. Yemens population in 1990 was 12 million, which meant that in the next decade, they were going to be awfully overpopulated. So, their fertility rate had a massive drop, being split in half, which now they have 28.25 million, there technology can handle that number.
Another Place that dealt with a massive spike is Oman. The fertility rate in 1980 went from about 8 all the way down to three. This had to deal with the fact that they just could not keep up with the population rate and they had to cut the numbers down so they didn't go bankrupt. Oman is also not a very developed country, so I doubt they made much money off of trade and such, which means they had to stop producing children.
Due to the technological advancements of developed countries, they did not have to cut down as much on their fertility rate as much as poor, non developed countries. The countries like the united states have enough opportunities for the amount of children made. In other scenarios, it could be some countries downfall.
Lots of countries struggle with over population for their lack in technology. Fertility rates in poor countries that are not developed can lead to lack of resources, food and job opportunities. However, there has been a huge crash in these underdeveloped countries.
In Yemen, 1990, the fertility rate was about 8. In 2017, that number dropped down to 4. So you may be wondering what caused such a decrease, so here's whats going on. Yemens population in 1990 was 12 million, which meant that in the next decade, they were going to be awfully overpopulated. So, their fertility rate had a massive drop, being split in half, which now they have 28.25 million, there technology can handle that number.
Another Place that dealt with a massive spike is Oman. The fertility rate in 1980 went from about 8 all the way down to three. This had to deal with the fact that they just could not keep up with the population rate and they had to cut the numbers down so they didn't go bankrupt. Oman is also not a very developed country, so I doubt they made much money off of trade and such, which means they had to stop producing children.
Due to the technological advancements of developed countries, they did not have to cut down as much on their fertility rate as much as poor, non developed countries. The countries like the united states have enough opportunities for the amount of children made. In other scenarios, it could be some countries downfall.
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