Demography Flashcards

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1
Q

Until the ___’s population growth was largely the result of ___ change.

A

1980

Natural

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2
Q

Since the ___’s most growth has come from immigration.

A

1980

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3
Q

Birth rate = number of ___ births per ___ of the population per ___.

A

Live
1000
Year

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4
Q

___ baby booms occurred in the 20th century.

A

3

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5
Q

Total fertility rate = number of ___ per woman.

A

Children

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6
Q

More women are remaining ___.

A

Childless

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7
Q

Women are ___ having children.

A

Postponing

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8
Q

Reasons for the decline in birth rate include changes in the ___ of women, ___ in the infant mortality rate, children becoming an economic ___ and child ___.

A

Position
Decline
Liability
Centredness

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9
Q

Reasons for the decline in fertility include ___ women, births ___ marriage, birth ___, changing ___ and changing ___.

A
Childless
Outside
Control
Opportunities
Values
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10
Q

Effects of the changes in fertility include ___ families, changes in the ___ ratio and change in Government ___.

A

Smaller
Dependency
Policy

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11
Q

The death rate has been fairly ___ since 1900, with the exception of the ___ ___

A

Stable
World
Wars

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12
Q

Reasons for the decline in death rate include better ___, ___ improvements, public health ___ and environmental ___.

A

Nutrition
Medical
Measures
Changes

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13
Q

Life expectancy = how long a person born in a given ___ can ___ to live for.

A

Year

Expect

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14
Q

Life expectancy in 1900 was ___ because the infant mortality rate was ___.

A

Low

High

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15
Q

Babies born today have ___ chance of reaching their ___ birthday than babies born in 1900 had at reaching their ___ birthday.

A

More
65th
1st

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16
Q

Women generally live ___ than men.

A

Longer

17
Q

Regional ___ can affect life expectancy.

A

Differences

18
Q

The UK has an ___ population.

A

Ageing

19
Q

Reasons for an ageing population include increasing ___ expectancy, declining infant ___ rate and ___ fertility.

A

Life
Mortality
Declining

20
Q

The effects of an ageing population include more ___ person households, changes in the ___ ratio, ___ implications and the ___ construction of ageing as a ___.

A
One
Dependency
Policy
Social
Problem
21
Q

Britain is a ___ society.

A

Multicultural

22
Q

Ethnic minorities are not ___ evenly across the country.

A

Distributed

23
Q

Issues surrounding migration to Britain include influence on ___ structure, ___ issues and the question of how far ___ minorities should try to ___.

A

Family
Political
Ethnic
Integrate

24
Q

Emigration is leaving your country of origin to live ___.

A

Elsewhere

25
Q

Reasons for emigration include better ___, better ___ of life, lower ___ rates and ___ standards of living.

A

Weather
Quality
Crime
Higher

26
Q

Migration = ___ of people.

A

Movement

27
Q

Immigration = movement ___ a country.

A

Into

28
Q

Emigration = movement ___ of a country.

A

Out

29
Q

Net migration = difference between the numbers of ___ and ___, shown as a net ___ or ___.

A

Immigration
Emigration
Increase
Decrease

30
Q

The main reason for immigration is to find ___.

A

Work

31
Q

The main reason for emigration is to ___.

A

Retire

32
Q

Internal migration = movement ___ a country.

A

Within