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Chapter 3 (midterm) Flashcards

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population aging

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study of population change

1) the number of older people in a population
2) the median age of a population
3) the proportion of older people in a population

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more developed regions

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Europe, North America, Australia, Japan and New Zealand

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less developed regions

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developing regions

china, india, vietnam

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least developed regions

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49 countries with very low incomes

haiti, bangladesh

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birth rate

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number of live births per 1000 women

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Aging in least developed countriers

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  • low % of older people in a population
  • high birth rates
  • need to support a high number of dependent children
  • larger older population (& growing)
  • AIDS and HIV outbreak in Africa
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Aging in less developed countries

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  • growing (large) older population
  • women treated differently
  • China’s one child policy led to decreased fertility rate
  • longer life expectancy
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Aging in the developed countries

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  • large populations of older people
  • growing older populations
  • low fertility and death rate
  • will place heavy demand on government , communities and support systems
  • see increase in healthcare and pension costs
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fertility rate

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the average number of children that would be born alive to a women during her lifetime.

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Canada comes of age

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  • relatively young aged country
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when is a population considered aged

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when more then 7% of the population is 65+

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Large Scale research

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the CLSA is a large, national, long-term study that will follow approx. 50,000 people between the ages of 45-8 for at least 20 years

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immigration

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  • playing smallest role in demographic forces
  • 1901-1911 1.5 million people arrived in Canada
  • Most of Canada’s immigrants are from Asia and Middle East
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death rates

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  • number of deaths per 1,000 people in population

- by 2008 infant mortality rate dropped to about 0.5%

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birth rates

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  • decline in birth rate is primary cause of population aging

- demographic transition in 1850 when birth rate decreased to approx 30%

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baby boom

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  • the sharp rise in fertility rate in canada from about 1946 to the early 1960s
  • birth rate rose from 2.83 to 3.84
  • age specific birth rate almost doubled for women under 20 (30.7 >59.7)
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baby bust

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  • the sharp drop in fertility rate from the mid 1960s on

- because of the pill and increased number of women in the workforce

18
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prospective aging

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  • allows demographers to compare populations with different life expectancies and to compare one society at different points in time as life expectancy increases
  • one measure is the number of years of remaining life expectancy after start of old age
19
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old age security pension

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Canada’s basic retirement income program which supplements the income of nearly all of the countries older people

20
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guaranteed income supplement

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an income supplement program for the poorest older people

21
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allowance

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an income supplement program for spouses of pension and have a combined income below a set amount

22
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ethnicity

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  • immigrants make up a large % of older people

- will lead to larger proportions of non-europeans seniors in the future

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geographical mobility

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  • most Canadian seniors “age in place”
  • healthcare needs may force a move
  • common time to move is after retirement
  • when disability begins causes moves closer to help (family)
  • severe disability, move to a nursing home
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Increased number and proportion of older women

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  • death rates for women decrease faster than men
25
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overall dependency ratio

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(20-64)

26
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crude dependency ratio

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based solely on the number of people in each age group

27
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Ethical issues in research

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1) need for informed consent
2) need to guard subjects against harm
3) need to protect individuals privacy

28
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humans maximum life span

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120

29
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Canada’s life expectancy

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men: 81
women: 84

30
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median age in canada

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41.6

31
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population aging statistics

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% of pop. over 60

  • 1950 9%
  • 2017 13%
  • 2050 21%
  • 2100 28%
32
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centatarians

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100+ years old

8,230 in cannda

33
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demographic determinsism

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the assumption that population dynamics determine the future of social relations and social institutions

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