Age Structure Diagrams and Total Fertility Rates Flashcards

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What is demography the study of?

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Human populations and population trends

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What is a demographer?

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A scientist who studies the field of demography

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What is immigration?

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The movement of people into a country or region, from another country or region

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Emigration

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The movement of people out of a country or region

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Crude birth rate

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The number of births per 1,000 individuals

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Crude death rate

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The number of deaths per 1,000 individuals

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Net migration rate

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The difference between immigration and emigration in a given year per 1,000 individuals in a country

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Life expectancy

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The average number of years that an infant born in a particular year in a particular country can be expected to live, given the current average life span and death rate in that country

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Infant mortality

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The number of deaths per children under 1 per 1,000 live births

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Child mortality

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The number of deaths per children under 5 per 1,000 live births

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Environmental Justice

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The study of the disproportionate exposure to environmental hazards experienced by the people of color, recent immigrations and people of lower socio-economic backgrounds; and is both an academic field and a social movement

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