Development- 2.1

Question 1

What would you expect a developed countries to be shaped demographically?

Answer 1

Wide apex- more elderly
Balanced middle
Narrow base

Question 2

What does an emerging countries demographic shape look like?

Answer 2

Narrow apex- less elderly
Large middle- more adults aged between 16- 65
Wide base- more children

Question 3

What demographic shape does a undeveloped country look like?

Answer 3

Narrow apex- less elderly
Narrow middle- less adults
Wide base- lots of children

Question 4

What type of development stage would you expect a country with a wide apex?

Answer 4

Developed country

Question 5

What development stage would you expect a country with a wide base and wide middle?

Answer 5

Emerging country

Question 6

Define population structure.

Answer 6

Percent/ number of people in each age group. Also shows percentage of male/female.

Question 7

Define what inequality measures.

Answer 7

Inequality measures the scale of difference of dollars earned from the top 10% and bottom 10% for an economic indicator.

Question 8

Undeveloped countries have what demographic data?

Answer 8

Low literacy rate.
High infant mortality.
High maternal mortality.
High dependency.
Age of first marriage is low.

Question 9

Emerging countries have what demographic data?

Answer 9

Quite high literacy rate.
Low infant mortality.
Lower maternal mortality.
Lower dependency.
Age of first marriage is middle.

Question 10

Developed countries have what demographic data?

Answer 10

High literacy rate.
Low infant mortality.
Low maternal mortality.
Low dependency.
Age of first marriage is high.

Question 11

What level of development would you expect from a country with high maternal deaths?

Answer 11

Undeveloped country

Question 12

What is gross domestic product?

Answer 12

The total value of goods and services produced in a year.

Question 13

What is gross domestic product per capita?

Answer 13

The amount of goods and services produced in a year divided by the population.

Question 14

What is HDI and how is it measured?

Answer 14

Human developer index is measured by GDP per person, life expectancy and mean years of schooling.

Question 15

Define fertility.

Answer 15

Average number of births per woman in her reproductive life.

Question 16

Define death rate.

Answer 16

Death rate is number of deaths per 1000 people per year.

Question 17

Define Maternal mortality.

Answer 17

Number of mothers per 100000 who die in childbirth.

Question 18

Define infant mortality.

Answer 18

Number of children under one years old per 1000 live births that die before their 1st birthday.