Anyone Wanna Help Me Abit?

[rj_skillz]

Hey Guys..got a serious assignment due in for Monday! I've got about 4 days still to go..planning to stay up all night to get some good research done and thought hey, maybe some of you might know this topic pretty well or might of studied it.

the question is:

Examine the causes and consequences of high fertility rates in Least Developed Countries (LLDCs) and appropriate policies and programmes aimed at reduction of population growth rate.

Id appreciate any sort of help

Thanks for reading

RJ

[Vladimir]

I assume if you have this assignment you are not completely in the dark, therefore I should not be able to really tell you much specifically that you do not know. Obviously as a history and international studies student I talked about this issue many a time in uni, but I never really focused on the third world so it is not a topic I know real well.

1- One of the simple reasons for this trend is a lack of contraceptives- this has just as much to do with cultural bias against them as it does with access to them.

2- The deeper, more complex issue, is that children are a family's retirement plan. In areas with higher mortality rates the mentality (albeit sub conscious probably) is quantity over quality, if you have 10 children chances are one or two will make it to adulthood to take care of mom and pop. If you only have one and that child dies, you have no one to care for you in your old age. This is one area development organizations are targeting the most, for good reason, because obviously if you are sharing your resources with one or two children instead of 10 children, those one or two have a much higher chance of making it to a healthy adulthood.

[rj_skillz]

haha thank you..one person helped me lol! Nah thats great Vladimir. Btw, are you Russian? My friend Olesia has a boyfriend called Vladimir.

But yeah..back to the assignment.

1.) Lack of Birth control such as Contraceptives
2.) Lack of education - Gender Inequality - Illiteracy.
3.) Poverty - Diseases - Lack of medical assistance
4.) Cultural factors - encourages big families - affects some faiths such as the catholic faith in Phillipenes.
5.) Living conditions


Ermm..have quite a few now! I just been doing research for about 3 hours and got myself a pizza for a mini-reward..haha! I will definitely make a start of my essay..Its only a 1500 word essay so Il try and do about 7-800 words tonight.

Thanks for reading and taking the time out to help me Vladimir. Edited December 3, 2009 by rj_skillz

[rj_skillz]

Im stuckk! I feel as if the language I have used is too basic and is not that great! Anyone good at proper english can re-write the following:

The total fertility rate of a population within a country is the average amount of children that would be born to a woman in her child-bearing years. The determinants of high fertility rates have been an important factor in recent decades. There is still a high level of fertility rates in almost all the developing countries. With the rapid expansion in the world reducing fertility, polices as well as programmes have been set up to target the reduction of population growth in particular countries leaving some apparent effect.

[Tyler]

The total fertility rate of a population within a country is the average amount of children that would be born to a woman in her child-bearing years. The determinants of high fertility rates have been an important factor in recent decades. There is still a high level of fertility rates in almost all the developing countries. With the rapid expansion in the world reducing fertility, polices as well as programmes have been set up to target the reduction of population growth in particular countries leaving some apparent effect.

In any given country, the total fertility rate of a population is defined by the average amount of children that are born during a woman's child-bearing years. With a higher than average fertility rate in third world countries when juxtaposed to first world countries, the determinants of high fertility rates have gained a lot of focused research; in an effort to help combat overpopulation of the world, policies as well as programs have been set up to lower population growth.

[rj_skillz]

thats great man! what a change..haha! Thank you so much..!

Whats juxtaposed? and do you think I should involve any other keywords from the question (in the first post of this topic) such as 'examine' 'causes' and 'consequences' to address the question?

[Tyler]

The paragraph inofitself is not a complete idea yet. Add some more like an example of a policy or program.

Juxtaposed means to compare basically

[rj_skillz]

because its a introduction, do you think its a bad idea to mention any examples? I think a clear, cut sweet 5-6 lines will be perfect.

I plan to talk about policies and programmes such as the 'One Child Policy' which was contributed in China after I talk about the causes and consequences of some factors, such as lack of education.

I feel as if I havent addressed the question as much..

This is so stressful..lol! I hate introductions..As soon as I have a good one, I can always relate to it..and flow with the rest of my essay.

[Tyler]

You should ALWAYS introduce the topics in which you're going to speak about, at least one example from each category

[Karot]

My dad works for a power company and he said once that a lack of electricity can be considered one of the possible contributors to the fertility rates. When it gets dark, theres no tv or books to read or farming to be done, what else can you do? Or, if it gets cold you have to stay warm somehow. I dont really know if its a legitimate reason but I thought it was interesting and plausable.

[rj_skillz]

thanks for the input Karot!

Unfortunately, I have given up for tonight..I've managed to master my introduction at 85 words. It is a 1500 word essay and I will begin the main body of the essay tommorow. I still got 3 days to do it so time is on my side at the moment. It is about writing it in a clean and cut manner.

Thanks once again! Any info will be great.

[Vladimir]

haha thank you..one person helped me lol! Nah thats great Vladimir. Btw, are you Russian? My friend Olesia has a boyfriend called Vladimir.

A little, it is actually, well sort of, unconnected to my heritage though... I picked it up as a middle name/Christian name from Church (I am Orthodox).

My great-grandfather however, did come from Russian/Ukraine.

Glad I could be of some service, I wish I had more, or some specifics, to add!

[rj_skillz]

haha thank you..one person helped me lol! Nah thats great Vladimir. Btw, are you Russian? My friend Olesia has a boyfriend called Vladimir.

A little, it is actually, well sort of, unconnected to my heritage though... I picked it up as a middle name/Christian name from Church (I am Orthodox).

My great-grandfather however, did come from Russian/Ukraine.

Glad I could be of some service, I wish I had more, or some specifics, to add!

Oh right! Thats correct..she was from Ukraine! I havent spoken to her in a long while, lol!

Yeah the courswork coming along..with the hardest bit done and over with, the intro! Im just about hitting 300 words now 1200 more left lol!

[-Bones-]

If i may the question is asking why the high fertility rates not why the high birth rate, but then precedes to touch on population control, examples of a very controversial population control is china's policy, and its fairly easy to find most country's population control programs online Africa has a wealth of information available due to the aids issue there population/anti aids program is nearly the same and some employ birth limits or birth taxes, but the way I read the question is why the high fertility rate which is not the same issue as high birth rate but the common consensus is its the same thing though it is not. So it seems to be addressing two different things. But on the same note alot of cultures have many children with the assumption some will die\ high infant death rate, lack of family planning care/birth control, safety in numbers/ more help to generate food and water Just food for thought.

edit i had to write a paper on this about 10 years ago this is just what was on the top of my head Edited December 5, 2009 by -Bones-

[rj_skillz]

haha thats great Bones! some good causes you got going on there..

Il show you what I got so far..its pretty shit!

In any given country, the total fertility rate of a population is defined by the average amount of children that are born during a woman's child-bearing years. With a higher than average fertility rate in third world countries opposed to first world countries, the determinants of high fertility rates have gained a lot of focused research; in an effort to help combat overpopulation of the world, policies as well as programs have been set up to lower population growth.

Especially in Least Developed Countries (LLDCs), high birth rates are evident. Niger being the top with the birth rate of 51.45 with others such as Mali, Chad and Uganda to follow having more than 45 per 1000 births. These above average figures show us that it can cause concern for the future’s population growth. These high birth rates have a number of determinants covering socio-economic, political and cultural realities.

One of these factors is the lack of education which is evident in some LLDC’s. For Instance, Somalia has one of the lowest primary school enrolment rates in the world. Although, there has been progress over the years with the number of operational schools and in enrolment rates, it is still said that a fifth of humanity are illiterate.

[rj_skillz]

feel free to change any of that above..

or finish off the assignment for me

[-Bones-]

Sounding good man run with it, just pick a few key points to go into use google and come up with a paragraph or two on say 4-5 key points with that and a small closing and you'll have your 1500 in no time and when tackling it a "key point at a time" it doesn't seem so overwhelming and allows you to put more detail into each section. So like right where you left off give it a paragraph about how and why illiteracy increases it, then maybe hit on say lack of family planning information and birth control due to economic reasons at the government (ie no government sponsored programs)and citizen level (ie too poor to buy condoms) then hit on maybe in some places its a cultural thing to have big family's cant think of an example at the moment but shouldn't be hard to find , A good one for consequences is the fact that higher birth rates in LLDCs puts even more socio-economic strain on the government and family which only contributes even more to the problem without a break in the cycle it becomes exponentially worse. Left completely unchecked by nature, government programs, or education, a given land mass would overpopulate till the land they live on can no longer support in resources what the people need to consume to survive. The root cause of many wars was the resources needed to survive. I could keep on rambling but ive been drinking and in no shape to put this eloquently, and im sure my grammar is suffering greatly at the moment.

[rj_skillz]

that helped so much! Thank you..I appreciate it alot!

I have decided to start off with poverty as its the main cause..and then the key factors as you said come into it..with consequences! then go on to some policies aimed at the reduction of population growth..conclusion and bam! LoL..sounds easy to say, but pretty difficult!

Im gonna give it my all in the next 10 hours and il tell you how it goes. thanks once again man.

RJ

[Zinite]

You should also address the religious aspect. Many of the religions prevalent in third world countries prohibit the use of contraceptives.