Global Demography (final Exam) Flashcards
(33 cards)
_________ is a singular historical period during which mortality and fertility rates decline from high to low levels in a particular country or region
Global demographic transition
Global demographic transition is a ______historical period during which ________ and ______ rates decline from high to low levels in a particular country or region.
singular
mortality
fertility
The broad outlines of the transition are similar in countries around the world, but the_______ and _______ of the transition have cried considerably.
pace
timing
The transition started in mid-or late ____ in _____.
1700
Europe
During that time, years in France and _______ years in the United States
100
According to Madison (2001), life expectancy in India was only ______ years in the early twentieth century while the same life expectancy occurred in China in 1929 until 1931.
24
Fertility decline in Asia did not begin until the ______s and so on.
1950
In the case of Japan, it was until the 1930s that “total fertility rate did not drop below _____ births per woman”
five
the ________ in the developing world was caused by the decline of infant and child mortality rates.
baby boom
“the enormous gap in life expectancy that merged between _____ and the _____ on the one hand and the rest of the world on the other”
Japan
West
By 1820, the life expectancy at birth of Japan and the West was ____ years greater than that of other countries
12
It increased by ______ years by 1990
20
Although there was an improvement in life expectancy all throughout the world in ________, the gap had reached 22 years.
1900-1950
In 1999, the gap declined to ______ years
14
During the nineteenth century, Europe and the West had an increased in share in the world’s population, from _____ percent to _______ percent, while Asia and Oceania’s contribution dropped from ____ percent to ____. India and China suffered from economic stagnation and decline during that time.
22.0
33.0
69.0
56.7
According to Shigeyuki et al, (2002), ________ growth shows more remarkable shift:
population
Between 1820 and 1980, 69.3 percent of the world’s population growth occurred in ______ and _____ offshoots between 1950 and 2000, however, only 11.7 percent occurred in the region
Europe
Western
The United Nations projected that population growth will be shifted toward _______.
Africa
It is estimated that by 2150, the regions’ share to the world population will be almost _______ percent, relatively much greater than its share in 1820 (seven percent) and in 1900 (six percent)
20
Also in 2150, there will be a projected increase of _______ if we combine the populations of Asia, Latin America, and Oceania.
two billion
Japan’s dependency ratio, however, increased between _____ and _____
1888
1920
The developing countries like _____ and the _______ had higher dependency ratios that the West in 1900.
India
Philippines
. A great increase in dependency ratio was caused by the decline in _____ and ________ and high levels of fertility, with its peak around 1970
infant
child mortality
Dependency ratios started to disappear because there is a decline in _______
global birth rate
