:) 1. According to the UN, Europe is the continent with the oldest population in the world. The
world's average TFR is 2.1, but what is it in Europe?
a. What does this imply about Europe's population in the future? List 1-2 implications.
2. Identify the reasons why some couples in Europe are opting against having children.
3. The article explains that the population in Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Latvia, Ukraine, Poland
and Hungry) is falling the most. It goes on to explain that many governments offered financial
incentives and had public awareness campaigns to address the decreasing population. What
were some of the issues these countries faced as a result of these prenatal policies?
4. To fill the gap of declining population, some countries used immigration as a way to fill the
gap in the workforce these countries faced, but this created some problems in these
countries when they faced a backlash. What were some of these problems?