Paper 3 · Population and Labour
Educating girls to a higher level tends to slow population growth because educated women
Amarry later, are more likely to work and choose smaller families
Bpay a higher rate of income tax on the earnings they receive
Care barred from marrying until they have completed their studies
Dhave fewer years of schooling left once they enter employment
Explanation: Years spent in school and then in work delay marriage and childbearing, which shortens the period in which a woman has children. Educated women also have better access to family planning and a higher opportunity cost of leaving work, so completed family size falls.
Derived from ZIMSEC Economics 4050/3 Paper 3, June 2023, Q1