week 7 Flashcards
1
Q
Define demography
A
is the study of the size, composition, and distribution of human populations, and also the cause and consequences of changes in these characteristics
2
Q
What is crude birth rate
A
number of live births per 1000 people
3
Q
what is crude death rate
A
number of deaths per 1000 people
4
Q
Define fertility
A
the number of births that occur to an individual woman in a population
5
Q
Define replacement-level fertility
A
number of children per couple to maintain population size
6
Q
Define total fertility rate
A
average number of children born to a woman during reproductive years
