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Preventative check — OCR GCSE Geography B Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Geography · key term

Preventative check

Definition

A factor that lowers the birth rate and therefore limits population growth in Malthus's theory.

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OCR GCSE Geography B · J384

Specification 8.2a · Paper 2, Paper 3

Preventative checks instead limit growth by reducing the birth rate.
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