M4 Demography | Lab Flashcards
What is DEMOGRAPHY?
- the study of population processes.
- it is known as the ‘elements of human statistics’
What are the EVENTS on which science focuses its attention?
- change in population size
- population composition/structure
- distribution of population
What are the uses of demography in PUBLIC HEALTH?
- it aids health workers, program planners, and administrations in identifying health problems in a community.
- it provides knowledge of the growth and dispersal of population groups in the past which will help predict future development and consequences.
What are the SOURCES of DEMOGRAPHIC DATA?
- census
- sample surveys
- registration system
- continuing population register
- other record systems
What is CENSUS?
- it is the TOTAL PROCESS of collecting, compiling, and publishing demographic, economic, and social data pertaining to a specific time in a delimited territory.
What are the TYPES OF CENSUS?
- de facto (in actual)
- de jure (in law)
What is DE FACTO?
- means in ‘actual fact’, the population is enumerated where it is found, regardless of the respondent’s usual place of residence. (listed only the present persons in a household)
What is DE JURE?
- means ‘in law’, the respondent is enumerated at their usual place of residence, regardless of where they stayed on the census date. (listed whether they are present or not)
What is SAMPLE SURVEYS?
- collects information from only a SUBSET of the population. it can provide accurate information within a shorter time.
What is a REGISTRATION SYSTEM?
- collects information after (or shortly) experience VITAL EVENTS (birth, marriage, death, migration)
What is CONTINUING POPULATION REGISTER
- provides a CONTINUOUS recording of information. it is an expensive system to maintain.
What is OTHER RECORD SYSTEMS?
- it describes a specific population other than providing demographic data;
ex: voter registration, school enrolment, income tax return, social security system
What are the TOOLS OF DEMOGRAPHY?
- counts
- ratio
- rate
- proportion
- constant
- cohort measure
- period measure
What is COUNTs?
- the ABSOLUTE NUMBERS of a population or any demographic event occurring in a specified area during a specific time.
What is RATIO?
- a single number that represents the RELATIVE SIZE OF TWO NUMBERS.
What is RATE?
- the OCCURENCE OF EVENTS over a given INTERVAL TIME.
What is PROPORTION?
- a special type of ratio in which the NUMERATOR IS PART OF THE DENOMINATOR.
What is CONSTANT?
- an unchanging, ARBITRARY NUMBER by which rates, ratios, or proportions can be multiplied to express these measures in a more understandable way.
What is COHORT MEASURE?
- a statistics that measures events occurring to a COHORT who are observed through time.
What is PERIOD MEASURE?
- a statistic that measures events occurring to ALL PART of a population during one period of time.
What are the TWO TYPES OF GENDER COMPOSITION?
- sex ratio
- sex structure
What is SEX RATIO?
- comparison of the number of MALE individuals to the number of FEMALE individuals.
What is SEX STRUCTURE?
- represents the various SEX RATIOS for each age group.
What are the TWO TYPES OF AGE MAKE-UP OF A POPULATION?
- median age
- dependency ratio
What is MEDIAN AGE?
- it is the MIDDLEMOST AGE in a set of observations (ages)
What is DEPENDENCY RATIO?
- provides an INDEX OF AGE.