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E. Demographers are not in agreement over the long-term effects of falling fertility rates, butsome trends are clear now. In many industrialized countries, the population is aging rapidly. A relatively small number of young people will be working to pay for the social services andmedical care of an increasingly large elderly population. Wealthy, urbanized countries may needa large influx of young immigrants from poorer, agricultural countries in order to keep theirsocieties operating smoothly.
3. Wealthy, urbanized countries may need a large influx of young immigrants from poorer, agricultural countries in order to keep their societies operating smoothly. (Paragraph E)
F. An additional effect of falling birth rates is the increased attention that parents lavish ontheir smaller number of children. In industrialized countries, parents are spending more timewith children, buying them better clothes, and sending them to better schools than in the past.In addition, when a child dies, it is a much greater tragedy for the family than in the days whenthere were seven or eight children in a family.
4. An additional effect of falling birth rates is the increased attention that parents lavish on their smaller number of children. (Paragraph F)
G. For the long term, the effect of declining birth rates is difficult to predict. Some demographersbelieve that the world’s population will level off or slightly decline. Others believe that it willcontinue to grow, but at a slower pace. Economists and sociologists tend to worry about thecosts and social disruption that may accompany an aging population while a large number ofenvironmentalists think that fewer people will mean a healthier world with less pollution. Theone thing that almost everyone agrees on is that the future will bring big changes and that weneed to keep studying the situation.
5. Other believe that it will continue to grow, but at a slower pace. (Paragraph G)
E. Demographers are not in agreement over the long-term effects of falling fertility rates, butsome trends are clear now. In many industrialized countries, the population is aging rapidly. A relatively small number of young people will be working to pay for the social services andmedical care of an increasingly large elderly population. Wealthy, urbanized countries may needa large influx of young immigrants from poorer, agricultural countries in order to keep theirsocieties operating smoothly.
3. Wealthy, urbanized countries may need a large influx of young immigrants from poorer, agricultural countries in order to keep their societies operating smoothly. (Paragraph E)
F. An additional effect of falling birth rates is the increased attention that parents lavish ontheir smaller number of children. In industrialized countries, parents are spending more timewith children, buying them better clothes, and sending them to better schools than in the past.In addition, when a child dies, it is a much greater tragedy for the family than in the days whenthere were seven or eight children in a family.
4. An additional effect of falling birth rates is the increased attention that parents lavish on their smaller number of children. (Paragraph F)
G. For the long term, the effect of declining birth rates is difficult to predict. Some demographersbelieve that the world’s population will level off or slightly decline. Others believe that it willcontinue to grow, but at a slower pace. Economists and sociologists tend to worry about thecosts and social disruption that may accompany an aging population while a large number ofenvironmentalists think that fewer people will mean a healthier world with less pollution. Theone thing that almost everyone agrees on is that the future will bring big changes and that weneed to keep studying the situation.
5. Other believe that it will continue to grow, but at a slower pace. (Paragraph G)