Evaluate the success and wider consequences of China(TM)s One Child Policy

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Evaluate the success and wider consequences of China’s One Child Policy

  • Impact on health care and childbearing attitudes:
  • Has allowed greater quality of maternal care and a reduction in death and injury associated with child-birth.
  • Pregnant women now receive help to monitor the progress of their pregnancy, and also their wider health issues.
  • A “Care for Girls” program has been created to reduce the prejudices against women, especially in rural and under-developed areas, through education and funding.
  • Many people have also come to view the policy as beneficial, and now view one child as being enough.

  • Increased savings rate:
  • Individual savings rates have increased since the One Child Policy was introduced.
  • The average Chinese person now spends less money on child related items, and they therefore have more expendable income with which to invest.
  • Due to the uncertainty of whether a child will later be able to provide for its parents, many parents have chosen to save money for later life.
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  • Economic growth
  • The initial aim of the policy was purely economic, aiming to:
  • Reduce strain on natural resources
  • Maintaining a stable labour force
  • Reducing unemployment due to surplus population
  • Reducing the rate of exploitation

  • Increased involvement of women in the labour force
  • Women were at one time, the primary care givers for children, but with fewer children, they can focus more time on their careers.
  • However, it is criticised that such benefits no will be an issue when a single child has to care for two elderly parents.

  • Decreased environmental impact
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