Most Demographers and Policymakers Think That the Best Way to Control

question 224

Multiple Choice

Most demographers and policymakers think that the best way to control population is to

• A) hold annual conferences hosted by the UN.
• B) educate women and give them equal status with men.
• C) increase the power of religious institutions that preach abstinence and celibacy.
• D) pass laws that limit families to one child.
• E) let HIV/AIDs, tropical diseases, plagues and epidemics run freely.

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