demography

Question 1

what are the sources of population data ?

Answer 1

1. registries of vital data
2. household surveys
3. census

Question 2

what information do registries of vital data contain ?

Answer 2

1. national birth and death registries
2. socio-demographics
3. health information

Question 3

what is the best system to use for fertility, mortality, life expectancy and cause of death statistics ?

Answer 3

registries of vital data

Question 4

what are household surveys ?

Answer 4

collects information from only a portion of a population of interest

Question 5

what are the objectives of household surveys ?

Answer 5

1. collecting detailed information about the phenomenon under consideration
2. determines characteristics about a population using a representative sample

Question 6

what is a census ?

Answer 6

an enumeration of the population, recording the identity of all persons in every residence at a specified time

Question 7

how often is a census done ?

Answer 7

usually every 10 years

Question 8

who carries out a census in Egypt ?

Answer 8

CAPMAS

Question 9

what are the two census approaches ?

Answer 9

de facto developing

de hure

Question 10

what is the advantage of using the de facto method ?

Answer 10

easy to conduct

avoid the problem of defining a place of residence

Question 11

what is the advantage of using the de jure method ?

Answer 11

reflects the actual distribution of the population

Question 12

which method of census is used in egypt ?

Answer 12

de facto

Question 13

what is the difference between census and a survey ?

Answer 13

census is done every 10 years and targets the entire population
whilst a survey can be done at any time and works on a selected sample or subgroup

Question 14

what is the estimated population ?

Answer 14

the number of population in any of the inter census years

Question 15

what are the methods used to estimate the population size ?

Answer 15

natural increase method
arithmetic method
graphic method
geometric method

Question 16

how is the population size estimated using the natural increase method ?

Answer 16

the last census population is added to the difference between the live births and deaths

Question 17

how is the population size estimated using the arithmetic method ?

Answer 17

by calculating the mean increase in population

Question 18

how is the graphic method used to estimate the population size ?

Answer 18

each years census is plotted on a graph and a are connected by a straight line that is then extended to predict the next population size

Question 19

which of the methods of predicting population size if the most accurate ?

Answer 19

geometric method

Question 20

what are the methods of measuring population change ?

Answer 20

rate of natural increase

growth rate

Question 21

how is the rate of natural increase calculated ?

Answer 21

birth rate-death rate
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10

Question 22

how is the growth rate calculated ?

Answer 22

r = ( b-d)+(i-e)

expressed as per 1000 people

Question 23

what are the stages of demographic transition ?

Answer 23

stage 1 
stage 2
stage 3
stage 4 
stage 5

Question 24

what does stage 1 in demographic transition describe ?

Answer 24

both birth rate and death rate are high , RNI is low

Question 25

what doe stage 2 in demographic transitions describe ?

Answer 25

rapid drop in death rates but birth rates remain high so the population is increasing in size

Question 26

what does stage 3 in demographic transition describe ?

Answer 26

decline in birth rate along with decline in death rate which stabilizes the population

Question 27

what does stage 4 in demographic transition describe ?

Answer 27

birth and death rates are both low so the RNI approaches 0

Question 28

what does stage 5 in demographic transition describe ?

Answer 28

higher death rates than birth rates causing the population to shrink

Question 29

if the population is shrinking what stage of demographic transition is it a t ?

Answer 29

stage 5

Question 30

which stage is considered high stationary ?

Answer 30

stage 1

Question 31

which stage is early expanding ?

Answer 31

stage 2

Question 32

which stage is late exapnding ?

Answer 32

stage 3

Question 33

which stage is low stationary ?

Answer 33

stage 4

Question 34

what does the population structure mainly describe ?

Answer 34

the age and sex composition of the population

Question 35

what does the median age of a population mean ?

Answer 35

is the age at which half of the population is older and half is younger

Question 36

what does the age dependency ratio describe ?

Answer 36

the ratio of persons in the dependent ages to those at the working age

Question 37

what is the formula for the age dependency ratio ?

Answer 37

population under 15 + pop over 64 __________________ population aged 15-64 all times 100

Question 38

what does the age dependency ratio represents ?

Answer 38

the economic burden the working age groups are carrying

Question 39

what information does a population pyramid provide ?

Answer 39

percentage of men and women in each age group in a total population

Question 40

what are the characteristics of a population pyramid ?

Answer 40

1. the sum of all age-sex groups in the entire population pyramid equals 100% 2. the bottom bar represents the population below 5 years of age 3. the top bar shows the oldest of the population

Question 41

what does the base width of a population pyramid indicate ?

Answer 41

the proportion of the young age groups

Question 42

what does the top width of the population pyramid indicate ?

Answer 42

the proportion of the elderly

Question 43

what does the height of a population pyramid indicate ?

Answer 43

average duration of life expectancy

Question 44

what does the symmetry of the population pyramid indicate ?

Answer 44

the similarity or differences in the proportion of males and females in the different age groups

Question 45

what do the sides of the population pyramid indicates?

Answer 45

1. smooth, depression - death, emigration | 2 .bulging - immigration

Question 46

what are the three types of population pyramids ?

Answer 46

expansive population constrictive population stationary population

Question 47

what is the age range for each bar in a population pyramid ?

Answer 47

5 years

Question 48

what type of population pyramid would a developed european country have ?

Answer 48

stationary population

Question 49

what type of population pyramid would countries in their transition phase have ?

Answer 49

constrictive population

Question 50

what type of population pyramid would a developing country have ?

Answer 50

expansive population