onal attitudes to family size have been maintained. Having large numbers of children is often still regarded as desirable, providing a source of labor for the family. Within the group of women of reproductive ages, younger women have higher birth rates than older women thus; a female population with a significantly high proportion of young women will produce more children. Religion also plays a role in the fertility factor in the way that the Catholic Church (whose influence is especially marked in South and Central America) opposes the use of contraception.Not only did this film open my eyes to the demographic transition process of the non- industrialized society, but I was also made aware of the Western influence on the conditions of the Third World. Some of these factors deriving from Western influences are intrinsically beneficial, such as improvements in healthcare and hygiene (one of the main factors of the population increase). But others, such as dependence on international trade, have broken down traditional ways of life. If it continues at the present rate, world population growth carries the risk of global catastrophe....
