Indicators Flashcards
What is birth rate? (Indicators population)
the number of live births, per thousand of a population, per year
What is death rate? (Indicators population)
the number of deaths, per thousand of a population, per year
What is fertility rate? (Indicators population)
the number of live births, per thousand women, aged between 15-44, per year
What is IMR? (Indicators population)
the number of deaths, per thousand of a population under 1 year old, per year
What is life expectancy? (Indicators population)
The average period that a person may expect to live
What is migration rates? (Indicators population)
the difference of emigrants to immigrants of an area, per thousand of the population, per year
What is population density? (Indicators population)
the average number of people per square km (PD=total pop/total land)
What is natural change? (Indicators population)
the difference between birth rate and death rate
How can population indicators be critiqued? (Indicators population)
- outdated
- ethnocentric
What does death rate not take into account? (Indicators population)
Natural disasters
Why is solely economic indicators invalid? (Indicators population)
Some countries appear to jump through stages e.g NIC’s
What is wrong with basing information solely on total population? (Indicators population)
May not truly reflect development if management strategies have been put in place
What needs to happen to portray a true representation of a countries development? (Indicators population)
All indicators should be used in conjunction with each other
