The relationship between population and income is___________________?
Correct answer: A. an increase in income produces a decline in fertility
- A. an increase in income produces a decline in fertility
- B. the birth rate rises because of an increase in education
- C. the rise in income and population results in a decrease of urbanization
- D. working women have more children
Explanation
As income and living standards rise, fertility generally falls because education, contraception, and the opportunity cost of child-rearing increase. Education usually lowers, rather than raises, birth rates, making option b a tempting error.
Report an error
The more specific you are, the faster it gets fixed. A source beats an opinion.
Prefer email? [email protected]
About Macroeconomics
The economy is studied as a whole through national income, gross domestic product, inflation, unemployment, economic growth and business cycles. Coverage includes aggregate demand and supply, consumption and investment, money and banking, fiscal and monetary policy, exchange rates and balance of payments, which distinguishes macroeconomics from the study of individual markets.
Practise Macroeconomics
1,499 free Macroeconomics MCQs from Economics, each with the correct answer and an explanation. Unlimited attempts, no account needed.
Discussion
Stuck on an option, or know a faster way to get there? Ask or explain it here.
No comments yet. Be the first to explain this one.
Exams that ask Economics questions like this
Economics is on 3 papers prepared for on TestUstad, and all of them draw the same bank, so this question is worth knowing for every one of them.
More Macroeconomics questions
One of the perceived advantages of suburban living is_______________________?
Urbanism is defined as________________?
The transition from rural living to city living occurred because_______________?
A population pyramid shows__________________?
Which Catholic nation displays high birthrates ?
An area which is today in the first stage of the demographic transition is the following________________?