Demography - births

Question 1

whats natural change?

Answer 1

number of births minus the number of deaths

Question 2

what is meant by birth rate?

Answer 2

numer of live births per 1,000 of the population per year

Question 3

what is the long term trend for births?

Answer 3

decline

Question 4

what was the birthrate in in 1990?

Answer 4

29

Question 5

by 2014 what was the birthrate and how much had fallen by?

Answer 5

12.2 and fallen by 60%

Question 6

when were the 3 baby booms?

Answer 6

after both world wars and 1960s

Question 7

pattern of birthdrates in decades

Answer 7

1970s - fell
1980s and early 1990s. - rose
then fell until recent increase since 2001

Question 8

pattern of birthdrates in decades

Answer 8

1970s - fell
1980s and early 1990s. - rose
then fell until recent increase since 2001

Question 9

what is meant by total fertility rate?

Answer 9

avg. numer of children a woman will have during her fertile years (15-44)

Question 10

in 1960s baby boom what was the fertility rate?

Answer 10

2.95 children per woman

Question 11

what and when was the all time low infertility rates?

Answer 11

1.63 in 2001

Question 12

what are the two important trends?

Answer 12

• more women remain childless
• women are having less children later: avg. is now is over 30