13 - Global Demography Flashcards
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Who said that
“Demography is a statistical and mathematical study of the size, composition, spatial distribution of human population, and of changes overtime in these aspects through the operation of the five processes of fertility,
mortality, marriage, migration and social mobility”
Donald J. Bougue
This is a statistical and mathematical study of the size, composition, spatial distribution of human population, and of changes overtime in these aspects through the operation of the five processes of fertility, mortality, marriage, migration and social mobility
Demography
What are the five processes that are involved in Demography?
- Fertility
- Mortality
- Marriage
- Migration
- Social mobility
What are the factors of demographics?
- Age
- Race
- Sex
The study of a population based on factors such as age, race, and sex.
Demographics
They use demographics to learn more about a population’s characteristics for many purposes, including policy development and economic market research.
- Governments
- Corporations
- Non-Government Organizations
A process in which the proportions of adults and elderly increase in a population, while the proportions of children and adolescents decrease.
Aging of Population
This occurs when fertility rates decline
while life expectancy remains constant or improves at the older ages.
Aging
This process results in a rise in the median age of the population
Aging of Population
Sometimes referred to as birth rate, is defined as the number of live births per year per 1,000 midyear population.
Crude Birth Rate
Sometimes referred to as death rate, is defined as the number of deaths per year per 1,000 midyear population.
Crude Death Rate
At a specific age, this is the average number of additional years a person of that age could expect to live if current mortality levels observed for ages above that age were to continue for the rest of that person’s life
Life Expectancy
The movement of people across a specified
boundary for the purpose of establishing a new or semi-permanent residence
Migration
The ratio between deaths and individuals in a specified population and during a particular time period: the incidence of deaths in a given population during a defined time period (such as one year) that is typically
expressed per 1000 or 100,000 individuals
Mortality Rate
The fertility rate at a given age is the number of children born alive to women of that age during the year as a proportion of the average annual population of women of the same age
Fertility Rate
T/F The population of the world’s 50 least developed countries is expected to more than triple by the middle of this century, with several poor countries tripling their population over the period.
False; double
T/F The population of the developed world is expected to remain steady at around 1.2 billion, with population declines in some wealthy countries.
True
Why is the study of demography important?
It allows us to study the nature in which our population changes over time
This helps us to know how far the growth rate of the economy is keeping pace with the growth rate of population.
Population Studies
T/ F If population is increasing at a faster rate, the pace of development of the economy will be slow
True; The higher the economic development, the lower the population rate would be
T/F Rapid population growth reduces per capita income
True
This lowers the standard of living, plunges the economy into mass unemployment and under employment,
Rapid Population Growth
T/ F When population is increasing rapidly, the society
is faced with zero problems
False; Innumerable Problems
These are also used by the planners to project future trends in
fertility and to formulate policy measures to control the
birth rate
Population Data
