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What is the study of demography concerned with?
What is the study of demography concerned with?
Who is considered the founding father of human demography, epidemiology, and vital statistics?
Who is considered the founding father of human demography, epidemiology, and vital statistics?
What is a factor that affects mortality, according to demography?
What is a factor that affects mortality, according to demography?
What is a component of population change, according to demography?
What is a component of population change, according to demography?
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What is the subject of demography concerned with, according to Anderson?
What is the subject of demography concerned with, according to Anderson?
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What is an example of a factor that motivates migration, according to demography?
What is an example of a factor that motivates migration, according to demography?
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What is the primary focus of demography?
What is the primary focus of demography?
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What is the term for the study of the geographic distribution of a population?
What is the term for the study of the geographic distribution of a population?
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What is the primary difference between the aggregate approach and the causal approach to studying population change?
What is the primary difference between the aggregate approach and the causal approach to studying population change?
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What is the primary characteristic of the pre-industrial stage of the demographic transition model?
What is the primary characteristic of the pre-industrial stage of the demographic transition model?
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What is the term for the factors that influence population growth, such as education, income, and labor force participation?
What is the term for the factors that influence population growth, such as education, income, and labor force participation?
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What is the primary characteristic of the early transition stage of the demographic transition model?
What is the primary characteristic of the early transition stage of the demographic transition model?
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What happens to birth rates in the Late Transition stage of the Demographic Transition Model?
What happens to birth rates in the Late Transition stage of the Demographic Transition Model?
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What is a characteristic of societies that have achieved the Post-Transition stage of the Demographic Transition Model?
What is a characteristic of societies that have achieved the Post-Transition stage of the Demographic Transition Model?
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What is a technological change that contributes to the Second Demographic Transition?
What is a technological change that contributes to the Second Demographic Transition?
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What can demographic change influence?
What can demographic change influence?
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What is a cultural change that contributes to the Second Demographic Transition?
What is a cultural change that contributes to the Second Demographic Transition?
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What is a characteristic of the Second Demographic Transition?
What is a characteristic of the Second Demographic Transition?
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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.
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Description
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.
