Reasons for population explosion?
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Some of the socio-cultural causes responsible for high birth rate in India. Marriage is also a religious duty and practice of early marriage system is still now in India. More than 80% of girls are married during the fertile period of 15 to 20 years of age and give birth a number of children.
Polygamy:
Some people in India prefer to have more than one wife and such polygamy system give birth more children.
Preference for a Male Child:
Every family in India prefers a male child. There are some religious rites which can be preferred by a male child. So the parents in spite of number of girl child they wait for a male child.
Widow Marriage:
The widow marriage system in modern society helps in the growth of population.
Answer:
Population explosion can be used to refer to the sudden, large increase in the size of a population. There is an increase in the population every day, leading to population explosion. Two of the major reasons are as follows:
- Increase in the birth rate and the longevity
- Decrease in the death rate
In the last 50 years, the death rate has decreased evidently. Decrease in the death rate and increase in the birth rate can be attributed to the various measures that have been adapted such as diseases-control, measures taken to create awareness and spreading knowledge of importance of reproductive health, measures taken to introduce sex-education topics at school level, better medical facilities, ensuring food supply and medical assistance during emergency times and so on. These reasons have also led to an increase in the longevity of people.