DEMOGRAPHY / RATES, RATIO, VITAL STATISTICS

Question 1

is the statistical study of the human population

Answer 1

DEMOGRAPHY

Question 2

Instead of a census, demographic information can still be collected from a sample of a given population

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SAMPLE SURVEY

Question 3

refers to the movement of persons from an origin place to a destination place across some pre-defined, political boundary

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MIGRATION

Question 4

the number of live births per woman completing her reproductive life, if her childbearing at each age reflected current age-specific fertility rates

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TOTAL FERTILITY RATE

Question 5

one that has had constant crude birth and death rates for such long time that the percentage of people in every age class remains constant, or equivalently, the population pyramid has an unchanging structure

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STABLE POPULATION

Question 6

the number of daughters who would be born to a woman completing her reproductive life at current age-specific fertility rates

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GROSS REPRODUCTION RATE

Question 7

study of the character, number, and distribution of living organisms residing in or migrating through particular places

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POPULATION

Question 8

TRUE OR FALSE

A stable population does not necessarily remain fixed in size, it can be expanding or shrinking

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TRUE

Question 9

is simply the difference between the number of births and the number of death occurring in a population in a specified period of time

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NATURAL INCREASE

Question 10

-measures the proportion of the population which exhibits a particular disease at a particular time

-deals with total (old and new) number of cases

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PREVALENCE RATE

Question 11

is done when people are assigned to the place where they usually live regardless of where they are at the time of census

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DE JURE

Question 12

-is a ratio involving a time period

-the count or measurement is observed over a period and then divided by its base or population of observation

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RATE

Question 13

is the study of the attributes of and changes in the aggregate number of people residing in particular communities around the world and their causes

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HUMAN DEMOGRAPHY

Question 14

measures the risk of dying in the first four weeks of life of the infant (newborn)

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NEONATAL MORTALITY RATE

Question 15

also called a proportion is the quotient of two numbers

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RATIO

Question 16

the annual number of live births per 1,000 people

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CRUDE BIRTH RATE

Question 17

measures the risk of dying due to the process of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium.

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MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE

Question 18

is the difference between the CBR and the CDR occurring in a population in a specified period of time

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RATE OF NATURAL INCREASE

Question 19

-the annual number of deaths of children less than 1 year old per 1,000 live births

-measures the risk of dying due to infancy (under 1 year of age)

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INFANT MORTALITY RATE

Question 20

study of the causes, consequences, and measurement of processes affecting death to members of the population

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MORTALITY

Question 21

measures the risk of dying before birth

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FETAL DEATH RATE

Question 22

is done when the people are assigned to the place where they are physically present at the time of the census regardless of their usual place of residence

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DE FACTO

Question 23

measures the loss of life in later pregnancy and early pregnancy

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PERI-NATAL MORTALITY RATE

Question 24

a woman’s childbearing potential

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FECUNDITY

Question 25

-measures the frequency of occurrence of the phenomenon during a given period of time

-deals only with NEW cases

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INCIDENCE RATE

Question 26

is the expected number of daughters, per newborn prospective mother, who may or may not survive to and through the ages of childbearing

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NET REPRODUCTION RATIO

Question 27

one that is both stable and unchanging in size (the difference between crude birth rate and crude death rate is zero)

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STATIONARY POPULATION

Question 28

TRUE OR FALSE

censuses typically occur only every 10 years or so and thus are not usually the best source of data on births and deaths

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TRUE

Question 29

the average number of children a woman must have in order to replace herself with a daughter in the next generation.

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REPLACEMENT LEVEL FERTILITY

Question 30

Population can change through THREE processes:

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FERTILITY, MORTALITY, MIGRATION

Question 31

the annual number of live births per 1,000 women in particular age groups (usually age 15-19, 20-24 etc.)

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AGE-SPECIFIC FERTILITY RATE

Question 32

TRUE OR FALSE

Since the census asks for a complete enumeration of the population, it is usually a VERY EXPENSIVE undertaking

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TRUE

Question 33

involves the number of children that women have

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FERTILITY

Question 34

the annual number of deaths per 1,000 people

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CRUDE DEATH RATE

Question 35

the annual number of live births per 1,000 women of childbearing age (often taken to be from 15 to 49 years old, but sometimes from 15 to 44)

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GENERAL FERTILITY RATE

Question 36

A ______ is the other common direct method of collecting demographic data

Answer 36

CENSUS

Question 37

is the number of years which an individual at a given age could expect to live at present mortality levels

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LIFE EXPECTANCY