Family&Households: Topic 4- Demography~ Vital vocab Flashcards
What is ageing population?
When the population of older people increases.
What is ageism?
Discrimination against people based on their age.
What is assimilation?
The process where individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage absorbed into the dominant culture of society.
What is birth rate?
Number of births per 1000 of the population over a year.
What is a citizen?
A person with full citizenship, rights, voting rights and access to benefits.
What is the death rate?
The number or deaths per 1000 of the population per year.
What is deep diversity?
Non observable characteristics, like traits.
What is denizen?
Privileged foreign nationals welcomed by the states.
What is dependency ratio?
The amount of people that are dependent on the welfare state
What is economic liability?
Something or someone that causes economic loses.
What is emigration?
The act of leaving ones country to permanently to another country.
What is fertility?
The ability to conceive children.
What is globalisation?
Trade and tech making the world more interdependent.
What is helot?
Immigration used for labour.
What is immigration?
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
