Fertility Rates

Question 1

Better sanitation and nutrition generally resulted from the:

a. industrial Revolution

b. Medical Revolution

c. Green Revolution

d. Environmental  Revolution

Question 2

A declining dependency ratio:

a. requires immediate and permanent increased spending on education and old-age medical expenses

b. requires increased spending on education but decreased costs associated with old-age medical expenses

c. requires permanently decreased spending on education but temporarily increased costs associated with old-age medical expenses

d. permits temporarily decreased spending on education and old-age medical expenses

Question 3

The window of opportunity presented by the demographic dividend generally ends as:

a. people start having larger families

b. people live longer

c. economic pressures require more people to work

d. rural populations increase

Question 4

In general, fertility rates:

a. decrease as per capita income increases

b. decrease as per capita income decreases

c. increase as per capita income increases

d. are unrelated to per capita income