18 Questions
What is the study of demography concerned with?
The study of population size, distribution, and composition
Who is considered the founding father of human demography, epidemiology, and vital statistics?
Graunt
What is a factor that affects mortality, according to demography?
Diseases
What is a component of population change, according to demography?
All of the above
What is the subject of demography concerned with, according to Anderson?
Population processes and factors
What is an example of a factor that motivates migration, according to demography?
Economic conditions
What is the primary focus of demography?
The study of population distribution, structure, and characteristics
What is the term for the study of the geographic distribution of a population?
Population distribution
What is the primary difference between the aggregate approach and the causal approach to studying population change?
The aggregate approach looks at the components of population change, while the causal approach looks at the behavioral mechanisms behind population change
What is the primary characteristic of the pre-industrial stage of the demographic transition model?
High death rates due to low levels of technology and medicine
What is the term for the factors that influence population growth, such as education, income, and labor force participation?
Population characteristics
What is the primary characteristic of the early transition stage of the demographic transition model?
Rapid population growth due to reduced death rates and maintained high birth rates
What happens to birth rates in the Late Transition stage of the Demographic Transition Model?
They start to fall
What is a characteristic of societies that have achieved the Post-Transition stage of the Demographic Transition Model?
Low birth and death rates
What is a technological change that contributes to the Second Demographic Transition?
The adoption of modern contraception
What can demographic change influence?
The underlying growth rate of the economy, structural productivity growth, and other factors
What is a cultural change that contributes to the Second Demographic Transition?
The importance of self-expression and self-fulfillment
What is a characteristic of the Second Demographic Transition?
The growth of the service economy
Study Notes
Demography
- Defined as the quantitative or statistical study of population, including size, territorial distribution, and composition of population, as well as changes and components of such changes.
- Includes the study of natality, mortality, territorial movement (migration), and social mobility (change of social status).
John Graunt
- Considered the founding father of human demography, epidemiology, and vital statistics.
- Made the first reasoned estimate of the numbers in a population and documented that more boys are born than girls.
Demographic Study
- Examines population size, growth or decline, and processes (fertility, mortality, and migration).
- Investigates factors related to population processes, such as diseases, socioeconomic characteristics, family formation, immigration policies, and economic conditions.
Population Characteristics
- Includes geographic distribution, age and sex composition, education, income, labor force participation, marital status, and race or ethnic group membership.
Demographic Transition Model
Pre-Industrial Society
- Characterized by low technology and medicine, population growth is kept in check through preventive and positive checks.
Early Transition
- Death rates significantly reduced due to modern medicine and improved food supply.
- High birth rate maintained due to lack of contraception, leading to rapid population growth.
Late Transition
- Birth rates fall with advances in medicine and contraception methods, and increased awareness through health education.
Post-Transition
- Birth and death rates are both low, resulting in a stable society.
Second Demographic Transition
- Characterized by modernization, growth of the service economy and the welfare state, and the expansion of higher education.
- Includes cultural changes such as secularization, individualistic values, and self-expression.
Impact of Global Demography
- Affects the underlying growth rate of the economy, structural productivity growth, living standards, savings rates, consumption, and investment.
- Influences the long-run unemployment rate, equilibrium interest rate, housing market trends, and the demand for financial assets.
This quiz explores the concept of demography, its importance, and the theory of demographic transition. Learn about the quantitative study of population, its size, distribution, and composition, as well as changes in natality, mortality, and migration.
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