Lecture 9 Flashcards
What are 6 factors that affect Crude birth rate
1) The age at which people marry
2) Educational levels (Higher education = low births)
3) Employment of women in the population
4) Use of contraceptives
5) Desired number of children
6) Cultural and religious beliefs
What are 4 factors affecting crude death rate
1) State of medical practices
2) Use of pesticides
3) Sanitation
4) Vaccination and antibotics
TFR Stands for what
Total fertility rate
What Is total fertility rate
The average number of children that a woman in a particular population will have during her lifetime
What is RLF
Replacement level fertility
What is replacement level fertility
When couples produce the number of children needed to replace themselves
What is ZPG
Zero population growth
What is zero population growth
Where births in a population equal the deaths in the same population
Life expectancy has ______ in the world since 1970
Grown
What is the life expectancy for MDC ?
76-82
What is the life expectancy for LCD?
63-66
What are population pyramids?
They depict the distribution on the population between the sexes and among different age groups
In Afghanistan ____ of the population is under 5
18%
In Afghanistan ____ of the population is under 14
44%
In Afghanistan ____ of the population has not reproduced
50%
