Demographic Transition Model Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is the birth rate for stage 1 of the DTM?
High because the survival rate for children are low, and because children are an economic asset
What is the birthrate for stage 2 of the DTM?
High; children are economic asset, don’t know how many children will live and survive through adulthood
What is the Birth Rate for stage 3 of the DTM?
declining; better medical advancements, allows the survival rate to be higher. Also, a lot of families now live in urban households, so, smaller families are encourages(no longer economic asset)
Birthrate for stage 4 of the DTM?
low: more woman working and have education, urban areas rather than rural areas where children are no longer economic asset
Death rate of stage 1 of the DTM?
High: bad sanitation, technology, lack of food and healthcare/medicine
death rate of stg 2 of the DTM?
Declining: industrial revolution, and the money earned from the manufacturing better goods are spent on better technology, sanitation, helps with preventing diseases
Death rate of stage 3 of the DTM.
low: good medical/healthcare, more food
Death rate of stage 4
low; good medicine, medical tech. and practices, etc
Characteristics of stage 1 of the DTM?
- hunting and gathering
- lack of food for many
- After the agricultural revolution, people started to farm
- many children
- death rate is high, birthrate is high
- zero population growth
- most of human history is in the stage
Characteristics of stage 2 of the DTM?
- industrial revolution
- better tech+sanitation ~~~ helps prevent diseases
- population is increasing
Characteristics of stage 3 of the DTM?
- urban than rural areas
- tech+ medical advances
- population~~ moderate growth
- fewer children
Characteristics of stage 4 of the DTM?
- leisure time
- less children
- women are entering labor force/education
- birth control
- health care
When have certain regions entered stg 1?
- World civilization begin here- 8000BC
When have certain regions entered stg 2?
- Europe and North America~~ 1750
- Africa, Asia, and latin America~~ 1950
When have certain regions entered stg 3?
Europe and N. America~~ 1950
Africa, Asia, and L. America~~recent years
When have certain regions entered stg 4?
Europe and N.America~~ 2000s
Examples of countries still in stg 1?
none
Examples of countries still in stg 2?
cape verde off the cost of West Africa
Examples of countries still in stg 3?
Chilie
Examples of countries still in stg 4?
North America
Denmark
japan
Europe
