Unit 2 Flashcards
(44 cards)
Define demography
The study of populations, numbers, distribution, trends, and issues
What is a dependency load
The part of the population that needs to be supported. 0-14 and 65+
What is a population pyramid
A paired horizontal bar graph with females on the right, males on the left, kids on the bottom and elders on the top
Baby boomers?
1946 - 1965
Gen X?
1966 - 1980
Millennials
1981 - 1996
Gen Z
1997 - 2012
Gen Alpha
2013 - 2021
What does the demographic transition model measure
Natural increase rate (BR - DR)
What’s a birth rate
Yearly # of live births per 1000 people
What’s a death rate
Yearly # of deaths per 1000 people
What’s a natural increase rate
Difference between the birth rate and death rate (BR - DR)
Immigrate definition
To move permanently to a country other than your own native country
Immigration rate
of new Canadians who have immigrated here from another country per 1000 of Canada’s population
Emmigrate definition
To leave your country of origin to live elsewhere
What is the net migration rate
Immigration rate - emigration rate
Emmigration rate
Yearly number of people per 1000 who move elsewhere
Population growth rate
Natural increase rate + net migration
Baby boom
The large rise in the birth rate in the late 1940s and 1950s experienced by many countries in Europe and North America
Doubling time?
How long it would take for a country’s population to double at that country’s current rate of population growth
Population density
Population / area of region
Population pyramid
Pattern showing where people live in an area
Push factor
These push people away and make them want to leave. For example: pollution, war, weather, dull social life, natural disasters, and famine.
Pull factor
People move to a place because there are things that are attractive, these are called Pull Factors. For example: great weather, good housing, lively social life, promise of freedom.
