What and When
The policy only allows the Chinses poeple to have one child otherwise they will get fines
It was first put in place in 1979 by the government and is still in place now
There are exceptions to those living in rural areas, those who have twins and ethnic minorities
Where and Why
The policy was put in place because Chinas population had increased rapidly and the government needed to take action
How
There was many ways they encouraged th epopulaiton to have one chid these are some of them:
Higher wages
Interest free loans
Retirement funds
Priority housing and school enrollment
Penalties for having more than one child:
Fines frim $370 to $12,800
Pressure to abort pregnancy
Confiscated belongings
Getting fired from work
Advantages
The one child policy has prevented 400 million births since 1979
The average number of children born per woman has fell b over 50% comparded to 1955
Chinas 1.54 fertility rate is well below the worlds average of 2.56
It is better for Chinas economy and less pollution
Places are less overcrowded
Chinas resources will not run out
The population has been reduced down to 1.2 billion
Disadvantages
Children in China wont know what its like to have a sibling
Baby girls are being killed because males are the prefered gender
Each day in 2009 there were more than 35,000 forced abortions in China
There is 120 male births for every 100 girls
The one boy which is brought up can become used to being
spoilt
With families only wanting a boy the male to female rate becomes unblanced
This leaves many Chinese men without wives
It will lead to an ageing populaiton because there will be too many old dependants
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