Demographic Trends UK
Demographic trends in the UK refer to the statistical changes in the population over time. This includes factors such as birth rates, death rates, immigration, and aging. Understanding these trends is important for policymakers, businesses, and organizations to plan for future needs in areas such as healthcare, education, and workforce development.
6 Key excerpts on "Demographic Trends UK"
eBook - ePub- Keith Porter, Paul Smith, Roger Fagg(Authors)
- 2007(Publication Date)
- Routledge(Publisher)
...Demographic and social trends DOI: 10.4324/9780080492810-13 Chapter objectives In this chapter you will: Evaluate the impact of demographic trends for markets for goods and services and for the labour market Consider the implications of demographic trends for government Review major social trends Consider changing social attitudes and the evolving social structure Assess the role played by organizations in shaping social tends and attitudes. Chapter introduction In this chapter we review a range of external environmental factors associated with social and cultural change. The issues and developments highlighted have major implications for corporate strategy. We begin by discussing the crucial importance of demographic change and continue with an assessment of the debate concerning social class. We then examine how changing attitudes impact on organizations. Case study Table 13.1 Population UK population grows to 59.6 million In 2003 the UK was home to 59.5 million people. This was an 18 per cent increase from 50.3 million in 1951, and a 3.2 per cent increase over the last decade (1993 to 2003). Until the mid-1990s, this growth was mainly due to natural increase as the number of births exceeded the number of deaths. Since the late 1990s, there has still been natural increase but net international migration into the UK from abroad has been an increasingly important factor in population growth (see Figure 13.1). Figure 13.1 Natural increase and net migration as components of population change, UK. In 2003, 84 per cent of the UK population were living in England, 8 per cent in Scotland, 5 per cent in Wales and 3 per cent in Northern Ireland (Table 13.1). Between mid-1993 and mid-2003, population growth was greatest in Northern Ireland (4.1 per cent). England's population grew by 3.6 per cent and the population of Wales grew by 1.9 per cent over the decade...
- Diana Luck(Author)
- 2010(Publication Date)
- Routledge(Publisher)
...appreciate the composition of a given population. Use the Internet or your library to prepare a brief revision on the following: Total population, current and trend rate of change of the UK population. Age, gender, marital status and location of population. Occupational structure and ethnic mix. Significant trends in structure (e.g. ageing, urbanisation). You may find it helpful to browse through the charts and tables in Social Trends or its local equivalent. Examples of trends uncovered by censuses considered to be significant to marketers are: Current population levels and the future size of any given population. The growth rates of developed countries versus developing countries. The age and gender structure and its distribution by region/locality. Migration within national borders and between international borders. The demographic impact on world resources and the physical environment. INSIGHT Russia is facing a demographic and societal crisis because its population of 149 million is currently being seen to shrink by nearly three-quarters of a million a year. The UN has even warned that its population level might fall to under 100 million by 2050. This is expected to cause dramatic impacts on its economy and security. The economy is booming due to high oil, gas and commodity prices. However, the benefits have not been reaped by the bulk of the population...
eBook - ePubThe Social Context of Ageing
A Textbook of Gerontology
- Christina Victor(Author)
- 2004(Publication Date)
- Routledge(Publisher)
...The structure of a given population is rarely static as the relationship between the key drivers of demographic change; birth rates, death rates and migration are highly fluid and subject to considerable variation over time. It is the interaction between these three sets of factors that brings about demographic change. In the case of the United Kingdom, population ageing has largely come about because of changes in birth and death rates. The ageing of the British population Perhaps the most striking demographic trend during the twentieth century in Britain, and many other parts of western Europe, has been the 'ageing' of the population. This refers to the processes of demographic change which results in an age structure which is characterised by increasing numbers (and percentages) of older people and decreasing numbers (and percentages) of younger people. Leaving aside the question of how precisely 'older' and 'younger' components of the population are defined, what are the processes which result in this demographic shift and what are the measures we use to describe the age profile of populations? Considering the processes that bring about population ageing, at the most basic level the distribution of age groups within any given population are function of mortality (death) rates and fertility rates. Population ageing occurs when large numbers of people survive into old age and comparatively few children are born. There are a number of different measures that are used to summarise the age distribution of populations. These are percentage population classed as 'old', mean and median ages, population pyramids, dependency ratio...
eBook - ePubApplied Demography
An Introduction To Basic Concepts, Methods, And Data
- Steve H. Murdock(Author)
- 2019(Publication Date)
- Routledge(Publisher)
...2 Demographic Concepts and Trends: The Conceptual Base and Recent Patterns of Demographic Change The discussion in this chapter is intended to define the major concepts and variables used in applied demography and to provide information that will allow the reader to obtain an initial base of demographic knowledge regarding current patterns for the measures of these concepts and variables. It must be recognized, however, that no single chapter, or any single work, can replace the need for continuous study to obtain and maintain knowledge of demographic change. Defining Key Concepts and Terms In this section, we examine some of the key concepts and terms used in demography and demographic analyses. It is essential for those using demographic data to be aware of the underlying definitions and dimensions of demography's key concepts. We delineate these concepts briefly below indicating both how they are defined and the major differentials or variations in them among different demographic groups and relative to other demographic, social, and economic factors. Population Perhaps the most basic of all terms in demography is that of population. A population consists of the persons living in a specific geographical area at a specific point in time (see Ryder, 1964 for a useful description of the concept of population). Two aspects of the concept of population as used in demography are important to emphasize. First, the term population tends to be used to refer to aggregate characteristics of a population living in an area; that is, to characteristics that are descriptive of the population but not necessarily of any given individual within the population. For example, a population's death rate is not reducible to the individuals within the population. That is, any given person in an area is either alive or dead at a given point in time; he or she has no death rate. On the other hand, a population's death rate is the aggregate effect of all deaths in the population...
eBook - ePub- Peter Catterall, James Obelkevich(Authors)
- 2002(Publication Date)
- Routledge(Publisher)
...Chapter 2 Elements of demographic change in Britain since 1945 Richard M.Smith One theory, above all others, has provided a framework for much of the discussion of the striking demographic changes that have occurred in the last century. This is the so-called ‘Demographic Transition Theory’ and there has been considerable debate concerning whether post-war British society, indeed Western society as a whole, continues to be interpretable within terms of that theory’s key premises (Davis et al. 1987). In its essentials, Demographic Transition Theory is a type of dogma of the ‘irreversible sequential change’ variety. It is an evolutionary schema setting out the demographic stages through which societies are bound to move as a consequence of industrialisation and urbanisation (Woods 1982:158-84). The initial condition in which high mortality and high fertility coexisted is stage I, and some have suggested in the English case that this ended c. 1750. This was followed by a phase of falling mortality in association with high fertility, creating rapid demographic growth (Stage II) until c. 1870; and after this there was a compensatory fall in fertility in Stage III which culminated when stationary demographic conditions were established in which very low mortality and fertility coincided simultaneously, especially after c. 1966. Much empirical research has shown that this model provides a problematic basis for our understanding of British demographic history in the period prior to 1900. Stage I in England cannot accurately be described as one in which high fertility and mortality coexisted in a compensatory fashion; nor can the great surge of population growth after 1750 be accurately explained by a fall in mortality (Wrigley and Schofield 1981). Nineteenth-century changes do not seem readily depicted as fertility falls occurring in the wake of prior mortality declines (Woods 1992)...
eBook - ePubPeople Count!
Networked Individuals in Global Politics
- James N. Rosenau(Author)
- 2015(Publication Date)
- Routledge(Publisher)
...C HAPTER F OUR Demographic Trends Am I supposed to have a child to save the system? —Jan Delaror 1 We have become so selfish, so greedy. Did your parents sit you down with a spreadsheet and figure out whether they could afford to have two or three children? No, of course not. Did this ever happen before anywhere? No, of course not. We live in the richest place and at the best time, and everyone is worrying whether they can afford to take their next vacation or buy a boat. It’s kind of sickening. —Ninni Lundblad 2 Before turning to the dynamics—the talents, fears, and goals—whereby individuals count, note can usefully be taken of the more mundane, formal way in which they are counted, namely, the census, which is a quantitative depiction of the number of people in a community or society. As the above epigraphs imply, a census traces large patterns of data, but it cannot capture the motivations, tensions, and aspirations that individuals possess or the challenges they face. Nonetheless, it is important to acknowledge the demographic dimensions of people prior to probing the more informal and intimate aspects of their lives. The former do not predict the latter, but censuses do provide a broad context for assessing different roles, the expectations that attach to them, and the variability of the behavior within them. Although the task is difficult, complex, and often controversial, nearly all societies and communities conduct periodic censuses to count how many people reside within their boundaries. They need to know how many are men and women, how old they are, whether they are partnered, how many children and relatives live in their household, and so on across all the categories that comprise a census...
