Demographic Transition Model

Question 1

The demographic model attempts to

Answer 1

Describe and predict how a population will change overtime as it changes from an agrarian society to an industrial, and post-industrial society

Question 2

Key Terms in DTM (demographic transition model)

Answer 2

Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
Natural Increase Rate (Growth Rate, NIR)
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
Infant Mortality Rate (TFR)

Question 3

Stage 1

Answer 3

High CBR, CDR, near zero

Question 4

Stage 2

Graph

Answer 4

CDR falls, CBR remains high increasing NIR and rapid growth population

Question 5

Stage 3

Graph

Answer 5

CDR declines slows, CBR falls, NIR slows, population growth rates

Question 6

Stage 4

Graph

Answer 6

Low CDR and CBR, low NIR stable (but now large population)

Question 7

Stage 1
Fluctuating High CBR

Answer 7

High Infant Mortality Rate
Lack of Family Planning
Need for workers
Children are economic assets (support parents)
Religious Beliefs
Roman Catholics
Muslims
Hindu

Question 8

Stage 1 High CDR

Answer 8

Disease
Famine
War
Poor hygiene and sanitation
Lack of Healthcare
Lack of education

Question 9

Stage 2
CBR

Graph

Answer 9

Early expanding same reasons as stage 1 High

Question 10

Stage 2 CDR

Answer 10

Declining CDR
Improved Healthcare
Improved Sanitation
Imporved food production
Decrease IMR
Outside Stimulus (People find a reason to stay alive)

Question 11

Stage 3
Late Expanding

Answer 11

Declining CBR
Reasons
Changing status of women
Cairo Conference
Avialable Family planning
Available Family planning
Lower IMR
Increased Standard of Living
Better Technology = lower demand for workers
Welfare/ Retirement

Question 12

Stage 3 Declining CDR

Answer 12

Same reasons as Stage 2 Declining CDR

Question 13

Stage 4

Answer 13

CBR and CDR are low population is stable

Question 14

Stage 5

Answer 14

CBR drops below CDR
Population starts to decrease officially only 4 stages.
Not part of the original DTM. but some geographers added it

Question 15

Crude Birth Rate

Answer 15

Total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people alive in the society

Question 16

Crude Death Rate

Answer 16

The total amount of deaths in a year for every 1000 people alive in the society

Question 17

NIR or Growth Rate

Answer 17

The percentage growth of a population in a year computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate

Question 18

TFR

TotalFertility Rate

Answer 18

The average number of children a women will have throughout her child bearing years

Question 19

IMR

InfantMortality Rate

Answer 19

The total amount of deaths in a year among infants under 1 years old for every 1000 live births in a society

Question 20

Life expectancy

Answer 20

The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic and medical conditions. Life Expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect a live.