CEW - Measuring Development and Populations

Question 1

What is Gross National Income?

Answer 1

economic measure of development, expressednas per head of the population

Question 2

What is the Human Development Index?

Answer 2

social measure expressed in values 0-1, considers: life expectancy, number of years of education, GNI per head

Question 3

What factors could limit the usefulness of development measures?

Answer 3

data could be out of date, unreliable or hard to collect

data may not take into account subsistence or informal economies

Question 4

Demographic Transition Model - What is Stage 1?

Answer 4

high birth rate, high death rate, both fluctuate, fairly stable population

Question 5

Demographic Transition Model - What is Stage 2?

Answer 5

death rate increases, birth rate remains high, population grows

Question 6

Demographic Transition Model - What is Stage 3?

Answer 6

birth rate drops rapidly, death rate continues to decrease, population grows but not as fast

Question 7

Demographic Transition Model - What is Stage 4?

Answer 7

low birth rate, low death rate, birth rate can fluctuate depending on economic situation

Question 8

Demographic Transition Model - What is Stage 5?

Answer 8

birth rate falls below the death rate, death rate increases from aging population, population decreases unless immigration replaces the retired population

Question 9

Population Pyramids - What do these show?:

1. wide base
2. no more ‘steps’ at bottom of base
3. wide bars at top

Answer 9

1. large proportion of young people
2. birth rate is falling
3. people are living longer

Question 10

What is the Dependency Ratio?

Answer 10

proportion of people below and above normal working working age
lower the number, the greater the number of people who work