ch 3

Question 1

age sex pyramid

Answer 1

a representation of the population based on its composition according to age and sex

Question 2

baby boom

Answer 2

increased number of births in the two decades following WW2

Question 3

census

Answer 3

count of number of people in a country, region or city

Question 4

cohort

Answer 4

a group of individuals who share a common temporal demographic experience

Question 5

crude birth rate

Answer 5

the ratio of the number of live births in a single year for every thousand people in the population

Question 6

crude density

Answer 6

total number of people/the total land area

Question 7

demographic transition

Answer 7

model of population change in which high birth and death rates are replaced by low birth and death rates

Question 8

depedency ratio

Answer 8

measure of the economic impact of the young and old on the more economically productive members of the population

Question 9

emigration

Answer 9

a movement in which a person leaves a country

Question 10

fertility

Answer 10

childbearing performance of individuals, couples, groups or populations

Question 11

forced migration

Answer 11

movement by an individual against their own will

Question 12

immigration

Answer 12

a movement in which a person arrives in another country

Question 13

infant mortality rate

Answer 13

annual # of deaths of infants under 1 year of age compared with the total number of live births for that same year

Question 14

life expectancy

Answer 14

avg number of years a newborn infant can expect to live

Question 15

middle cohort

Answer 15

members of the population 15-64 years of age who are considered economically active and productive

Question 16

natural decrease

Answer 16

deficit of births relative to deaths

Question 17

natural increase

Answer 17

surplus of births over deaths

Question 18

old-age cohort

Answer 18

memebrs of the pop 65 and older who are considered beyond their economically active and productive years

Question 19

population policy

Answer 19

official govt strategy designed to affect any or all of several objectives, including the size, composition and distribution of the pop

Question 20

pull factors

Answer 20

forces of attraction that influence migrants to move to a particular location

Question 21

push factors

Answer 21

events and conditions that impel an individual to move away from a location

Question 22

refugees

Answer 22

individuals who cross national boundaries to seek safety and asylum

Question 23

replacement rrate

Answer 23

2.1 baby in every 1 woman

Question 24

total fertility rate (TFR)

Answer 24

avg number of children a woman will have throughout the years that demographers have identified as her childbearing years approx age 15-49

Question 25

vital records

Answer 25

info about births, deaths, marriages, divorces and the incidences of certain infectious disaeses

Question 26

voluntary migration

Answer 26

movement by an indiv based on choice

Question 27

youth cohort

Answer 27

15 years of age or less and generally considered too young to be fully active in labour force