The following statements each describe a socioeconomic change in a country over
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The following statements each describe a socioeconomic change in a country over a period of time. If you knew nothing else about these countries, how would you expect the described changes to affect the rate of population growth? Indicate which changes you would expect to decrease the population growth rate (if all other factors are unchanged). Check all that apply In the United States in 1960, the poverty rate for people 65 years and older was 35%. In 1995, after a long expansion of the Social Security program, the poverty rate for this group was 10%. In Botswana in 2004, 29% of people with advanced HIV infection had access to lifesaving antiretroviral therapy. In 2009, 83% had access. In 1990, children in Niger spent several hours a day gathering fresh water, food, and firewood outside of their villages. In 2010, a series of wells had been built in central locations and many resources became available in markets within villages. In Bangladesh in 1991, 38% of females 15-24 years old could read and write. In 2009, 76.8% could read and writeExplanation / Answer
a) poverty rateof old people increases = reduction in population; ie, when poverty rate decreased, popolation growth also increased or indeterminate.
b) Here also population rate increases, with more people gets treatment for HIV
c) This also increases population growth rae, because, resources are readily available for the village, hence a positve change.
D) When more females started reading and writing by the end of 2009, literacy rate increased, and they were school going, or collage going. thus REDUCTION IN POPULATION GROWTH RATE.
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