Key Terms Flashcards
1
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Natural increase
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- difference between number of births + number of deaths in a given region
2
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Carrying capacity
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- largest pop. that resources of a given envi. can support
3
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Low-income countries (LICs)
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- countries w a gross national income per capita of US$1045 or less in 2014, calculated using Atlas method
4
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High-income countries (HICs)
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- countries w a gross national income per capita above US$12735 in 2014, calculated using Atlas method
5
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Population momentum
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- tendency for pop growth to continue beyond time that replacement-lvl fertility has been achieved bc of a relatively high conc of ppl in childbearing years
6
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Net migration
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- difference between number of immigrants + number of emigrants
7
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Replacement-level fertility
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- lvl at which each generation has just enough children to replace themselves in the pop.
8
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Quality of life
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- standard of living covering eco., social + other factors important to ppl’s lives
9
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Life expectancy
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- avg. number of yrs a person may expect to live when born
10
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Population structure
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- composition of a pop, most important elements of which are age + sex
11
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Age/sex structure diagram
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- bar chart, arranged vertically, showing distribution of a pop by age + sex
12
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Sex ratio
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- number of males per 100 females in a pop
13
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Dependency ratio
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- ratio of number of ppl ages under 15 + over 64 yrs to those ages 15-64 yrs
14
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Middle-income countries (MICs)
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- countries w a gross national income per capita of >US$1045, but <US$12735 in 2014, calculated using Atlas method
15
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Youth dependency ratio
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- ratio of number of ppl aged 0-14 or those aged 15-64 yrs
