Give suitable biological reasons for the following statements:
The birth rate in India is very high.
Topic: High birth rate in India
Answer
Because of EARLY MARRIAGE, which lengthens the child-bearing period; ILLITERACY and lack of awareness about family planning and contraception; the PREFERENCE FOR A MALE CHILD, which leads couples to continue having children until a son is born; and POVERTY, in which children are regarded as extra earning hands.
Give two or three reasons rather than one, since the question asks for the reason behind a national pattern.
THE CHAPTER’S CENTRAL POINT, worth stating: the population explosion in India results from a birth rate that has stayed high while the DEATH RATE has fallen sharply with better medicine and sanitation. The widening gap between births and deaths is the growth.
That is why population programmes work on the BIRTH rate — nobody wishes to reverse the fall in deaths.