10 Questions
According to Hauser and Duncan, what does demography study?
Size, territorial distribution, composition, changes, natality, mortality, migration, and social mobility
Who first coined the term 'demography' in the mid-twentieth century?
Frank Notestein
What is demography?
The quantitative or statistical study of populations
What does demography study according to Anderson?
Population size, territorial distribution, and composition
According to Anderson, what does demography provide the necessary concepts and basic understanding of?
Issues related to population and the consequences for an integrated world
What does population size refer to?
Population size refers to the number of people in a country, a state, a city, a region, or the world at a given time.
What are population processes?
Population processes include fertility, mortality, and migration.
What factors are related to population processes?
Factors related to population processes include diseases, socioeconomic characteristics related to mortality, family formation, labor force participation, government policies related to fertility, income and opportunities differences, war and immigration policies, and economic conditions motivating migration.
What does population distribution refer to?
Population distribution refers to the geographic distribution of population, such as among states or between rural and urban areas.
What is population structure?
Population structure refers to the age and sex composition, the sex ratio at birth, and the increasing proportion of the population that is female with increasing age.
Study Notes
Demography
- Demography studies the size, structure, and distribution of populations, as well as the changes in these factors over time, according to Hauser and Duncan.
- The term 'demography' was first coined by Achille Guillard in the mid-19th century, not in the mid-twentieth century.
Definition of Demography
- Demography is the study of human populations, including their size, composition, and distribution, as well as the factors that affect these characteristics.
Demography According to Anderson
- According to Anderson, demography studies population dynamics, including population growth, decline, and stability, as well as the factors that influence these processes.
- Demography provides the necessary concepts and basic understanding of population dynamics, which is essential for understanding social and economic phenomena.
Population Characteristics
- Population size refers to the number of people in a given area or population.
- Population processes include fertility, mortality, and migration, which are the key factors that influence population change.
- Factors related to population processes include birth rates, death rates, and migration rates, as well as social, economic, and cultural factors.
Population Distribution and Structure
- Population distribution refers to the way people are dispersed across a given area, including the concentration of people in urban or rural areas.
- Population structure refers to the composition of a population, including the age, sex, and other characteristics of the population.
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