Chapter 6 Flashcards
The limit of population grouth that would allow most people in an area or the world to live in reasonable comfort and freedom without impairing the ability of the planet to sustain future generations.
Cultural Carrying Capacity
Annual number of live births per 1000 people in the population of a geographic area at the midpoint of a given year
Crude Birth Rate
Annual number of deaths per 1000 people in the population of a geographic area at the midpoint of a given year
Crude Death Rate
Increase or decrease in the size of a population
Population Change
Estimate of the average number of children who will be born alive to a woman during her lifetime if she passes through all her childbearing years (ages 15-44) conforming to age-specific fertility rates of a given year. More simply, it is an estimate of the average number of children that women in a given population will have during their childbearing years
Total Fertility Rate
Number of children born to an average woman in a population during her lifetime
Fertility Rate
Average number of children a couple must bear to replace themselves. The average for a country or the world usually is slightly higher than two children per couple (2.1 in the United States and 2.5 in some developing countries) mostly because some children die before reaching their reproductive years.
Replacement-level Fertility Rate
Average number of years a newborn infant can be expected to live
Life Expectancy
Number of babies out of every 1000 born each year who die before their first birthday
Infant Mortality Rate
Movement of people into and out of specific geographic areas
Migration
Percentage of the population (or number of people of each sex) at each age level in a population
Age Structure
Hypothesis that countries, as they become industrialized, have declines in deaths followed by declines in birth rates
Demographic Transition
Providing information, clinical services, and contraceptive to help people choose the number and spacing of children they want to have.
Family Planning
