Full Description
A quarter of a century ago, Heather Joshi edited a landmark volume (sponsored by the British Society for Population Studies and the Centre for Economic Policy Research) entitled The Changing Population of Britain. In 2014-15, to mark the 25th anniversary of this book, the BSPS teamed up with the British Academy to hold a series of events on population developments in the UK and the policy issues that they raise, and has built on these presentations to produce a new edited collection on the changing population of the UK.
This book shows that the UK's population is increasing faster than at any point in the last 100 years, it is getting progressively older and it is becoming more diverse culturally and ethnically. More school leavers are going on to university. Cohabitation has been replacing marriage, more children live in one-parent families and young adults are finding it harder to get on the property ladder. Many women are delaying having children until their 40s. Cities have seen a resurgence in population but there is still pressure on the countryside, while the north-south divide is getting ever wider, as too are local socio-economic disparities. The contributors to this book document these changes, examine their causes and discuss future prospects and their policy implications.
Contents
List of Tables / List of Figures / Foreword by Professor Sir Ian Diamond / Preface by the Editors / 1. Population Change in the UK: What Can the Last 25 Years Tell us About the Next 25 Years?, Jane Falkingham and Tony Champion / 2. The Ageing Population: Implications for Health and Social Care, Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham and Athina Vlachantoni / 3. Inequalities in the Experience of Later Life: Differentials in Health, Wealth and Wellbeing, Alan Marshall and James Nazroo / 4. International Migration and Asylum Seekers, Jakub Bijak, George Disney, Sarah Lubman and Arkadiusz Wisniowski / 5. Immigrants and Ethnic Fertility Convergence, Sylvie Dubuc / 6. Children's Changing Family Context, Ursula Henz / 7. Household Composition and Housing Need, Ann BerringtonandLudi Simpson / 8. Internal Migration and the Spatial Distribution of Population, Tony Champion / 9. Ethnic Diversity, Nissa Finney and Gemma Catney / 10. Reproductive and Sexual Behaviour and Health, Ernestina Coast and Emily Freeman / 11. The Changing Geography of Deprivation: 1971 to 2011 and Beyond, Paul Norman / Bibliography / Index / Notes on Contributors
