Paper 3 · Population and Labour
Which measure is used most directly to control the rate of population growth in a country?
Amaking family planning advice and contraceptives widely available
Blowering the legal age at which young women may marry
Cimproving the transport links between rural areas and the towns
Draising the grant paid to households that have a large number of children
Explanation: Family planning lets couples space and limit births by choice, which lowers the birth rate directly. Raising child grants and lowering the marriage age both work the other way, and better transport affects where people live rather than how many children they have.
Derived from ZIMSEC Economics 4050/3 Paper 3, June 2023, Q1