Economics · Oct / Nov 2019 · Paper 13 · Question 25

In Botswana, better healthcare has meant that birth rates have been falling faster than death rates. Also the number of children born, on average, to each woman has declined from 6.4 to 3.2. What may be concluded from this information?

1. AGovernment spending on education will need to increase.
2. BMedical improvements have resulted in falling infant mortality rates.
3. CThere will be a decline in income for each person working.
4. DThere will, in the long run, be an increase in the working population.

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