Demography Flashcards
1
Q
What is demography?
A
The study of the rates of births, deaths, migration and the factors that cause them to vary
2
Q
What does demography help us to understand?
A
population growth and decline
3
Q
What are life tables?
A
help us summarise survival and reproductive rates in different age groups based on a single cohort
4
Q
What do life tables require?
A
Long term study of population with marked individuals
5
Q
What is a survivorship curve?
A
Graphical representation of survivorship data from life table
6
Q
What is the shape of a survivorship curve related to?
A
reproductive strategy and typical cause of death
