GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE CAMBRIDGE IGCSE: FAMILY AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE. Definitions, questions for the research project, global/international perspectives, local/national perspectives, family/personal perspectives, useful websites.

1. FAMILY AND
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
CAMBRIDGE IGCSE P8

2. FAMILY AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
• In the context of human society, a family (from Latin: familia) is a
group of people affiliated either by consanguinity (by recognized
birth), affinity (by marriage or any other relationship like siblings
families etc..), or co-residence (as implied by the etymology of the
English word "family“) or some combination of these.
• Members of the immediate family include spouses, parents, brothers,
sisters, sons, and/or daughters. Members of the extended family may
include grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, and/or
siblings-in-law. Sometimes these are also considered members of the
immediate family, depending on an individual's specific relationship
with them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family

3. QUESTIONS FOR YOUR
RESEARCH PROJECT

4. GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• Why do some countries have a high proportion of children, or of
elderly people?
• What difficulties can this cause?
• What is a ‘family’?
• What responsibilities do family members have to one another?
• How or why has the family changed?

5. LOCAL/NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• What sorts of families live in my local area?
• What proportion of households are single people?
• Has this changed in recent decades?
• What support is there in my area for families in need?
• How is this funded?

6. FAMILY/PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES
• What responsibilities do my parents have to me?
• What responsibilities do I have to them?
• What sort of parent do I want to become, if at all?
• How would I choose to be cared for when I am elderly?

7. WEBSITES
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/features/essentialguide/theme_fam.shtml
BBC World Service web link – population and family structure change. Two
podcasts – one on global demographic change and one on changing family
structure.
geographyfieldwork.com/DemographicTransition.htm Demographic Transition
model.
www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
US government census site. Information on countries around the world and
population pyramids.
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
UK-based support for refugees.
www.unhcr.org.uk
United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
www.childinfo.org
Part of the UNICEF sites – includes statistical details