Examine the differences between the birth and death rate in the 1900s

... January 2009 Examine the differences in the Birth and Death rates in the UK since the 1900s... The term Birth Rate, is given to the number of live births of the population per thousand. Over the past century, the birth rate has been declining in Britain, from 28 per 1,000 to about 11 per 1,000 in 2005. This means the average household size has decreased from about 6 children per family in the 1870s to around 1.8 per family in 2004. This is due to more effective contraception as well as it being more affordable and due to society's attitudes to the use of contraception have changed making it more socially acceptable, this partly to do with the growth of secularization and the declining influence of the church. Also due to the legalisation of abortions in 1967, the termination of unwanted pregnancies has become easier. Another would be the

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