Population Flashcards
Name 3 methods of collecting population data
Census, Civil Registration and National/Global Surveys.
Describe a census
Heads of households are required, by law, to complete a form containing questions about all members of the household. Topics include age, sex, marital status, birthplace, nationality, migration, education and economic activity.
Describe civil registration
So called ‘vital events’ such as births, marriages and deaths. Must be registered by law. Collected by the Registrar General of Scotland.
Describe national and global surveys
Surveys that collect specific data about a population such as the General Household Survey (GHS) is a survey conducted on an annual basis by Office for National Statistics (ONS) and collects data about private households in Great Britain.
Name 12 problems with data collection
Population Movement, Finance, Transport Difficulties, Purdah, Language, Education, Misreporting, Conflict, Sheer Size, Under-registration, Lack of technology, Rural areas.
Describe the DMT and countries that fall into each stage.
Stage 1: High Fluctuating; only found in remote tribes, identified by high BR and DR and medicine at very early stages.
Stage 2: Early Expanding; identified by DR rapidly falling but BR remaining high, diet and medicine improve lowering the DR, religious beliefs and expanding families for workforce keep BR high. Ex. Afghanistan.
Stage 3: Late Expanding; contraception and improved education reduce BR. Ex. Columbia.
Stage 4: High Stationary; Improved gender equality and lower rates of religion reduce BR, access and advancements in health reduce BR. Ex.Canada.
Stage 5: Declining Population; Smaller families reduce BR while high elderly population puts pressure on healthcare and DR increases. Ex. Germany.
Name 10 factors affecting growth
Clean Water Supply, Disease Eradication Programmes, Gender Equality, Anti-Natalist Policies, Family Planning, Smaller families, Improved medicine, Mechanisation of Farming and Industry, Improved production of food, Increased provision of medical facilities.
Describe problems of youthful population
needing to provide more services for younger people (schools and medical care for pregnant mothers and very young children), the benefits and challenges of having a larger work force (greater economically active population), the possible issue of overpopulation leading to unemployment, lack of resources (such as food and clean drinking water) and poor living conditions.
Describe problems of aging population
needing to provide more services for the elderly (such as health care, care homes and pensions), where this money for this will come from (increased taxes), the closure of services for younger people (such as schools and day care centres), issues surrounding a smaller workforce (declining numbers in the economically active population).
Describe Pull Factors for Mexico to USA
Better Education ( free to enrol) and better standard, Better Job Opportunities in the USA, Better standard of Health Care & more Provision, Better Pay (minimum wage level), Proximity - better standard of living is close by.
Describe Push Factors for Mexico to USA
Overpopulation in rural areas, leads to increased demand on farmland, Political Instability has left Mexicans unsure of future prospects in the country, 11% of Mexicans have no access to Medical Care or can’t afford it, Poverty - 40% of Mexicans live below the poverty line, Unemployment and Underemployment
Name 5 Advantages and Disadvantages for Mexico
BR will decrease, Provision of healthcare will improve, remittances of migrant workers is the 3rd largest income, workers that return will come back with skills, unemployment and underemployment rates will fall.
Brain drain, families are divided, economy loses money from taxes, hundreds die crossing, families become too dependant on remittances.
Name 5 Advantages and Disadvantages for the US
Cheap source of labour, migrants do dangerous, dirty and difficult work, seasonal jobs are easily filled, cultural advantages, educated and enterprising professionals add to quality of business.
1 in 4 migrants are illegal and don’t pay tax, high pressure on healthcare and education, border control is expensive, american culture is diluted, rise in document forgery.
Describe Push factors for Syria to Germany
People wish to escape in fear for themselves and their loved ones, Basic necessities, such as food and medical supplies are scarce, High Unemployment, Extreme Poverty, lack of adequate healthcare.
Describe Pull factors for Syria to Germany
Encouragement by seeing images of those who has already successfully made the journey, Syria has land borders with Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, making it relatively easy to migrate into those countries, Perception of good employment prospects, a high quality of life and a warm welcome, Promise that all Syrians who reached Germany would have their asylum claims processed there
Describe advantages and disadvantages to Syria.
As this is an on-going conflict there are very few advantages to the country of origin. With out-migration on this scale there should be reduced pressure on resources in Syria.However, the extensive damage to hospitals and medical facilities would mitigate this advantage.
Loss of skilled workers (many of the families that fled were well-educated).There is no incentive for people to return whilst the fighting continues. Economy suffers as people that could help rebuild have left.
Describe advantages and disadvantages to Germany
Help stabilize population structure, solves labour shortage, fill jobs that Germans aren’t prepared to do.
Pressure on healthcare, education and housing, AfG (political group) is pressuring the government to lower immigration,
