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Identify and explain one social consequence and one economic consequence that countries face as their populations age.

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    Answer: Reduced Fertility

    • Improved education of women, more women working, delays in starting families

    • Children are an economic liability in MDCs, too expensive to have several, societal norms

    (1-2 children)

    • Birth control: cost, availability, accessibility, acceptance, quality

    • More urban societies: less need for children to work on farms

    • Government and private pensions reduce

    Increased Life Expectancy

    • Improved health care (e. g., medicine, facilities, research/knowledge, personnel,

    technologies, accessibility)

    • Improved lifestyle (e. g., knowledge of health risks, improved diets, technology, nutrition and

    exercise)

    • Improved food security/availability

    • Less conflict (e. g., less crime, fewer wars)

    • Improved work conditions (e. g., less physically demanding labor, better safety standards)

    • Improved public health (e. g., sanitation, water supply, housing, standard of living)

    • Improved financial security for elderly (e. g., pensions, care facilities)

    • Improved safety standards (e. g., sports, transportation, building codes
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