This is a quiz based on Statistics & Trends regarding the AQA A-Level Demography subtopic in the Families and Households topic in Sociology. Below are the words which need to be matched to their definitions:
613,936
1,093,000
115
64
3.5
1.58
28%
47%
23%
26.5%
Higher
75%
25%
1/3
18.6%
3.7%
5,800,000
68%
40%
5%
10%
77%
10%
606,000
~50%
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Hint
3.5
This was the Total Fertility Rate in 1900.
Higher
This is what the Total Fertility Rate is for women born outside of the UK compared to women born in the UK.
47%
This was the percentage of babies born to women aged 24 years and under in 1971.
~50%
This was the rough percentage of student visas given to Indian and Chinese Nationals in the UK in 2022.
1,093,000
This was the number of births in the UK in 1901.
3.7%
This was the percentage of the elderly living in sheltered housing or residential houses in 2011.
606,000
This was the UK net migration in 2022.
77%
According to Victor et al. (2005), this was the percentage of older people who saw their relatives on a weekly basis.
18.6%
This is the percentage of the population which is aged 65+:
-It is not a homogenous group - huge differences across age, sex, social class, location, family.
-However, society often treats old people as the same and as a 'burden'.
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Hint
5,800,000
RIAS (2012) found that this was the number of grandparents who currently look after their grandchildren regularly for an average of 10 hours per week.
10%
According to Victor et al. (2005), this was the percentage of older people who saw their relatives in less than once a year.
40%
According to Victor (2010), this was the percentage of the elderly being taken in by relatives in the 1950s.
25%
This was the percentage of UK adults who were obese in 2012, according to Sarah Harper (2012)
10%
According to Victor (2010), this was the percentage of the elderly being taken in by relatives in 2010.
613,936
This was the number of births in England and Wales in 2020.
68%
This is the percentage of women aged 65 and above who make up single-person households.
1.58
This was the Total Fertility Rate in 2020.
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Hint
75%
Neil Tranter (1996) found that this percentage of the decline in the death rate from about 1850 to 1970 was due to a fall in the number of deaths from infectious diseases.
28%
Centre of Economic and Business Research (2014) found this was the percentage of income parents spent on their offspring.
64
This was the General Fertility Rate in 2010.
1/3
Improved medication, by-pass surgery and other developments have reduced deaths from heart disease by this amount.
5%
According to Victor (2010), this was the percentage of the elderly being taken in by relatives in the 1990s.
115
This was the General Fertility Rate in 1900.
26.5%
This was the percentage of babies born to mothers from overseas in 2013.
23%
This was the percentage of babies born to women aged 24 years and under in 2012.