Demographic Key Words

Question 1

Demography

Answer 1

Study of population and their characteristics

Question 2

Birth rate

Answer 2

How many babies are born per 1000 of the population per year

Question 3

Total fertility rate

Answer 3

Average number of children women will have during their fertile years

Question 4

Infant mortality rate

Answer 4

Relationship between the size of working population and the non working. Dependent part

Question 5

Death rate

Answer 5

How many deaths per 1000 of the population per year

Question 6

Life expectancy

Answer 6

How long your life is expected to be based on when you were born

Question 7

Ageing population

Answer 7

More older people than younger in a society

Question 8

Féminisation of later life

Answer 8

Women live longer- therefore an increase in feminine products and activities

Question 9

Ageism

Answer 9

Discrimination based on age

Question 10

Structured dependency

Answer 10

When older people are dependant on families or the government to support them

Question 11

Migrant

Answer 11

Someone who moved country. 2 kinds

Question 12

Immigrant

Answer 12

Moving into a country

Question 13

Emigrant

Answer 13

Moving out of a country

Question 14

Globalisation

Answer 14

Increasingly interconnected. Global barriers are breaking down. Not good or bad