Demographic Transition Model Flashcards
What is the birth rate for stage 1 of the DTM?
High because the survival rate for children are low, and because children are an economic asset
What is the birthrate for stage 2 of the DTM?
High; children are economic asset, don’t know how many children will live and survive through adulthood
What is the Birth Rate for stage 3 of the DTM?
declining; better medical advancements, allows the survival rate to be higher. Also, a lot of families now live in urban households, so, smaller families are encourages(no longer economic asset)
Birthrate for stage 4 of the DTM?
low: more woman working and have education, urban areas rather than rural areas where children are no longer economic asset
Death rate of stage 1 of the DTM?
High: bad sanitation, technology, lack of food and healthcare/medicine
death rate of stg 2 of the DTM?
Declining: industrial revolution, and the money earned from the manufacturing better goods are spent on better technology, sanitation, helps with preventing diseases
Death rate of stage 3 of the DTM.
low: good medical/healthcare, more food
Death rate of stage 4
low; good medicine, medical tech. and practices, etc
Characteristics of stage 1 of the DTM?
- hunting and gathering
- lack of food for many
- After the agricultural revolution, people started to farm
- many children
- death rate is high, birthrate is high
- zero population growth
- most of human history is in the stage
Characteristics of stage 2 of the DTM?
- industrial revolution
- better tech+sanitation ~~~ helps prevent diseases
- population is increasing
Characteristics of stage 3 of the DTM?
- urban than rural areas
- tech+ medical advances
- population~~ moderate growth
- fewer children
Characteristics of stage 4 of the DTM?
- leisure time
- less children
- women are entering labor force/education
- birth control
- health care
When have certain regions entered stg 1?
- World civilization begin here- 8000BC
When have certain regions entered stg 2?
- Europe and North America~~ 1750
- Africa, Asia, and latin America~~ 1950
When have certain regions entered stg 3?
Europe and N. America~~ 1950
Africa, Asia, and L. America~~recent years