Thematic Mapping

Thematic Mapping Engine (TME) enables you to visualise global statistics on Google Earth. The primary data source is UNdata.

The engine returns a KMZ file that you can open in Google Earth or download to your computer.

Thematic Mapping Engine - thematicmapping.org

Cambodia...Family Planning

Declining Populations in Europe

Where have All the Children Gone? on BooServer

Europe’s population is shrinking. Millions of apartments across Germany are being torn down because the next generation of tenants is missing. Small towns are disappearing as the few remaining residents move to the city. Can anything be done to reverse the trend? This thought provoking documentary contrasts the family policies of four countries. It examines the extent to which politics influences birth rates.

Fertility and Superstition

Look at the impact of superstition on the fertility rate of Japan in 1966...the year of the fire horse (Hinoeuma)

'The Hinoeuma year in Chinese astrology comes once every 60 years. In Japan, women born in the Hinoeuma year are believed to be headstrong and deadly to men. This superstition was spread widely among the population and people avoided having children in the Hinoeuma year.'

Source

[Thanks to Shino for this information]

Fertility

Factors affecting fertility...diamond-9 exercise. Click here.

Factors Affecting Fertiltiy

The article below discusses the cost of having children.


















Education and fertility

Russia's population problem

Russia's deomographic problems:

Russian 'sex day' to boost births

Russia bids to boost birth rates

Russia faces demographic disaster

Russia looks to its fathers

Country profile: Russia

Population....cost of children!

COST OF CHILDREN RISING FASTER TAHN HOUSE PRICES....READ ABOUT IT HERE.

COST OF CHILDREN RISING FASTER THAN HOUSE PRICES....READ ABOUT IT HERE.

Spatial Patterns of Fertility

Spatial Patterns of Fertility...click here

Question sheet...click here

Total of fertility rate (1997-2003)...click here