Matthew Bishop
11/13/19
The Global Fertility Crash
Today, we researched what things factored in the impacts of children per woman in the countries of France, Saudi Arabia, China and Nigeria. Some of these factors include fertility rate, women's earnings compared to men's, literacy rate and percent of women in the work force.
First, we have France, and in France, women are almost equally paid to men and are highly educated on average. This is because they have benefits such as day cares, that will accept babies at 3 months. In France, women's earnings are 72 % of men's. One of the craziest facts is that women are 99% percent literate in France. That means that almost every women in France can read and write! This impacts children per women because the more literate women are more likely to have less children, making the health of the country better. In 1960, the birth rate was 2.9. In 2017, it has dropped down to 1.9.
Secondly, we have Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's birth rate has changed from 7.2 to 2.4 from 1960 to 2017. This is because the country has gotten richer, which unsurprisingly leads to longer life expectancy and smaller families. In Saudi Arabia, 25 percent of women are in the work force. Women's earnings are also 22 percent of men's. Lubna Alkhaldi, a 34 year old that is a fashion designer and as an anchor for her local TV show makes 102,400 dollars a year as a single mother. Many more women are making more money to provide for their families while men are doing the same. This leads to a longer life for children but also smaller families.\
Thirdly, we have China. In 1960, China's birth rate was 5.8, In 2017, it has dropped down to 1.7. Some of the reason is because the Chinese government has limited family size but also because there is a culture of women working. 69 percent of women are in the workforce. Summer Guan, a 36 year old makes 34 thousand a year as a state-owned company in Beijing.
Lastly, we have Nigeria. Nigeria hasn't seen a huge dip in birth rates the past 57 years. In 1960, the birth rate was 6.4. In 2017, it has only dropped down to 5.5. The birth rate is still very high as feeding, educating and employing these children will be difficult, considering how poor the country is. Only 41 percent of Nigerian women are literate, which makes it hard to teach their children how to read and write.
All these countries have different birth rates for different reason. Some countries are poorer than others, and some of that has to do with birth rate.
11/13/19
The Global Fertility Crash
Today, we researched what things factored in the impacts of children per woman in the countries of France, Saudi Arabia, China and Nigeria. Some of these factors include fertility rate, women's earnings compared to men's, literacy rate and percent of women in the work force.
First, we have France, and in France, women are almost equally paid to men and are highly educated on average. This is because they have benefits such as day cares, that will accept babies at 3 months. In France, women's earnings are 72 % of men's. One of the craziest facts is that women are 99% percent literate in France. That means that almost every women in France can read and write! This impacts children per women because the more literate women are more likely to have less children, making the health of the country better. In 1960, the birth rate was 2.9. In 2017, it has dropped down to 1.9.
Secondly, we have Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's birth rate has changed from 7.2 to 2.4 from 1960 to 2017. This is because the country has gotten richer, which unsurprisingly leads to longer life expectancy and smaller families. In Saudi Arabia, 25 percent of women are in the work force. Women's earnings are also 22 percent of men's. Lubna Alkhaldi, a 34 year old that is a fashion designer and as an anchor for her local TV show makes 102,400 dollars a year as a single mother. Many more women are making more money to provide for their families while men are doing the same. This leads to a longer life for children but also smaller families.\
Thirdly, we have China. In 1960, China's birth rate was 5.8, In 2017, it has dropped down to 1.7. Some of the reason is because the Chinese government has limited family size but also because there is a culture of women working. 69 percent of women are in the workforce. Summer Guan, a 36 year old makes 34 thousand a year as a state-owned company in Beijing.
Lastly, we have Nigeria. Nigeria hasn't seen a huge dip in birth rates the past 57 years. In 1960, the birth rate was 6.4. In 2017, it has only dropped down to 5.5. The birth rate is still very high as feeding, educating and employing these children will be difficult, considering how poor the country is. Only 41 percent of Nigerian women are literate, which makes it hard to teach their children how to read and write.
All these countries have different birth rates for different reason. Some countries are poorer than others, and some of that has to do with birth rate.
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