Fahad CJM

Population Growth Questionnaire

The following research questions guide the development of the present questionnaire:

1. Is poor culture the primary reason for the unchecked growth of population in the world?

2. Are there economic factors that drive population growth in some areas of the world?

3. Is women empowerment a critical solution to global population growth?

4. Would social legislation help to reduce the rate of population growth?

To associate facts with my research I wrote a questionnaire, and they were 35 students who answered them in which 25 questionnaires on paper and 10 were online. I distributed the questionnaires to fellow students in Abu Dhabi's Men’s College during the spring semester of 2016. The data was collected in the college's library and food court. All students who participated in answering the questionnaire that was printed on paper also signed the consent form attached with it. While students were answering the questionnaire I was there with them to help clarify anything in case they had a question or did not understand something. caught my attention is that more than half of the students who answered the questionnaire agreed that the world is over populated. In general about 37% agree that social issues are the cause of increase in the vast global population, meanwhile 31% of them said that the cause is economic issues. Concurrently 77% of the students agree also that economic factors are essential in the analysis of population growth, in which 57% of them answered that wealth is the most important economic factor that relates to changes in population growth. In average the aftermath seems to show really good feedback about the increase of population growth. As reported by the results, most students answered that there should be laws that controls the number of children per each family.

Questions	Q1		Q2				Q3
	YES	NO	A	B	C	D	A	B	C	D
Answers	22	13	9	13	11	5	8	15	7	5
Results	%62.86	%37.14	%25.71	%37.14	%31.44	%5.71	%22.86	%42.86	%20	%14.28

Q4		Q5		Q6				Q7
YES	NO	A	B	A	B	C	D	YES	NO
27	8	15	20	5	13	15	2	18	17
%77.14	%22.86	%42.86	%57.14	%14.29	%37.14	%42.86	%5.71	%51.43	%48.57

Q8				Q9		Q10
A	B	C	D	YES	NO	A	B	C	D
9	10	13	3	23	12	10	15	8	2
%25.71	%28.57	%37.14	%8.58	%65.71	%34.29	%28.57	%42.86	%22.86	%5.71

Population growth questionnaire - Results

1. Do you think the world is overpopulated?

YES N=22 (%62.86)

NO N=13 (%37.14)

2. What do you say is the broader cause or driver of the increasingly vast global population?

Cultural issues N=9 (%25.71)

Social issues N=13 (%37.14)

Economic issues N=11 (%31.44)

Religious issues N=5 (%5.71)

3. Cultural issues across the world are important factors that contribute to the overall growth of the world's population. Which cultural elements do you feel ate the most influential in propagating the growth of the global population?

Polygamous culture N=8 (%22.86)

The cultural perspective of children as a form of wealth (the more, the better) N=15 (%42.86)

Cultures that resist the health benefits of contraception N=7 (%20)

Other types of cultural factors N=5 (%14.28)

4. Nations with different economic power have different rates of population growth. For example, in 2013, Zimbabwe, a poor country in Africa, had a 3% annual change in population while Austria, a relatively prosperous nation, had only 0.8% annual change during the same period. Given such differences in population changes and economic power, do you think economic factors are essential in the analysis of population growth?

YES N=27 (%77.14)

NO N=8 (%22.86)

5. Which is the more important economic factor as relates to changes in population growth?

Poverty (Poor people are relatively idle and thus spend too much time making babies) N=15 (%42.86)

Wealth (Rich people have a lot of children because they feel they have a lot of money to support numerous children) N=20 (%57.14)

6. Changes in population, especially upward movements in the total population, have a lot of impact on the world. What are the direst effects of population growth?

Dwindling resources N=5 (%14.29)

Increased global conflict N=13 (%37.14)

Environmental degradation N=15 (%42.86)

Curtailed personal freedoms N=2 (%5.71)

7. Studies have pointed out women empowerment as a potential solution to the problem of world population growth. Do you think it is important as a possible solution to the problem?

YES N=18 (%51.43)

NO N=17 (%48.57)

8. Women empowerment takes various dimensions. What is the most important aspect that can be as a solution to the idea of population growth?

Economic Empowerment (giving women power to be financially independent) N=9 (%25.71)

Cognitive empowerment (through education and providing them with knowledge) N=10 (%28.57)

Social empowerment (providing them social power and equality to men)

N=13 (%37.14)

Psychological empowerment (instilling in them the idea that they can succeed) N=3 (%8.58)

9. Social legislation refers to laws aimed at improving the overall conditions of the society through reform. Do you think social legislation can help in averting the unchecked growth of the global population, especially in currently overpopulated areas?