EQ1 - 2.1 There Are Different Ways Of Defining And Measuring Development (A)

Question 1

What is GDP per capita?

Answer 1

• Gross domestic product per person and this means the total value of goods and services produced by a county in a year divided by the total population to show average wealth per person.
• Measured in $.
• Economic Indicator.

Question 2

What is poverty line?

Answer 2

• The minimum income required to meet someones basic needs - the world bank uses $1.25 per person per day.

Question 3

Measures of Inequality

Answer 3

• These show how equally wealth is shared among the population. It includes the percentage of GDP owned by the wealthiest 10% of the population, and by the poorest 10%.

Question 4

What is the access to safe drinking water indicator?

Answer 4

The percentage of the population with access to an improved water supply within 1KM.

Question 5

What is the social indicator literacy rate?

Answer 5

The percentage of the population, aged over 15, who can read and write.

Question 6

What is meant by Human Development Index (HDI)?

Answer 6

• A figure between 0 and 1 which is calculated between an average of 4 indicators, life expectancy, education, average length of schooling and GDP per capita.

Question 7

What is the demographic indicator birth rate?

Answer 7

Number of births per 1000 people per year.

Question 8

What is the demographic indicator death rate?

Answer 8

Number of deaths per 1000 people per year.

Question 9

What is the demographic indicator dependency ratio?

Answer 9

Proportion of people aged below and above the normal working age (0-14, 65+) .
Its calculated by adding both age groups together and dividing by the number aged 15-64, multiplied by 100.
Lower the number, the greater the number of people who work and are less dependant.

Question 10

What is the demographic indicator fertility rate?

Answer 10

Average number of births per woman.

Question 11

What is the demographic indicator infant mortality?

Answer 11

Number if children per 1000 live births who die before their first birthday.

Question 12

What is the demographic indicator life expectancy?

Answer 12

Average number of years a person can expect to live.

Question 13

What is the demographic indicator maternal mortality?

Answer 13

Number of mothers per 100,000 who die in childbirth.

Question 14

What is mean by the term population structure?

Answer 14

The number of each sex in each age group.

Question 15

What is meant by therm demographic data?

Answer 15

All data linked to population.