MIDTERM 2 Flashcards
What is the rate of population increase formula
r=(birth rate-death rate) + (immigration-emigration)
What is globally the most important change in terms of rate
infant mortality rate
what is infant mortality rate
of death before the age of 1 or less per 1000
What is total fertility rate
number of children expected per mother
What is life expectancy and what happens with it from country to country, what is the current average
number of years someone is expected to live, it varies wildly from country to country, the current average is 70
What is RNI and where is it higher
Rate of Natural Increase (that is the birth rate-death rate), it is higher for “developing” countries
What is doubling time ? how is it calculated
the time for the population to double, the formulas is 70/growth rate
What are reasons for population increase
larger supply of food (for RNI) , transportation (for migrants)
What lays the foundation for population growth
economic growth
What usually causes death rate to decrease
health improvement
Why does the population increases (fundamentally)
because the death rate decreases
What is the FIRST stage of demographic transition, describe it
PRE-INDUSTRIAL :
- high birth rate
- high death rate
- long doubling time
- no society today (or at least that we know of)
What is the SECOND of demographic transition, describe it, what is its doubling time, give example
TRANSITIONAL:
- high birth rate (because no confidence children will survive)
- declining death rate
- doubling 20-30 years
- Kenya 2018
- Europe 1950s
What is the THIRD of demographic transition, describe it, what is its doubling time, give example
INDUSTRIAL:
- Declining birth rate
- Declining death rate
- Doubling time = 40-70 years
- Turkey 2018
- Brazil 2018
- Shri-Lanka
What is the FOURTH of demographic transition, describe it, what is its doubling time, give example
POST-INDUSTRIAL
- death rate below birth rate
- deficit
- will not double without immigration (infinite DT time)
- Germany 2018
What can we notice in the pyramid in the American population composition in terms of the civil war impact
There is a chunk of young males missing
Populations have ________, describe it
Momentum - tendency for growing populations to continue growing after a fertility decline because of their young age distribution
How does a country manage population growth ?
-Fertility rate is the main point, blocking migration doesn’t influence that much
Define Prenatal, its motivation and methods
-Desire to increase fertility rate
Why?
- children = assets for work on farm (for eg)
-security
-power
-social norms
-Methods ? … government policy (for political, cultural reasons) eg: Quebec prenatal policy, day-care, free mini-van
Define Antinatal , What is its Moto, What are the two different approaches
-Desire to decrease fertility rate
Moto:
- Later (delay), Longer (space), Fewer (less)
Methods:
- Coercive ( state says “no more than 1”, normative)
VS
-Voluntary (example: education)
Development process is endogenous to _______
birth rate
Which Antinatal method is the most effective
Voluntary
Rate of increase is decreased to reach ________
world population stationary
% of population in Asia and Africa
78 or 71 ???