Population Change, Responses to High and Low Fertility

Question 1

Crude Birth Rate

Answer 1

The number of births per 1000 population in a given year..

Question 2

Crude Death Rate

Answer 2

The number of deaths per 1000 population in a given year.

Question 3

Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 3

The number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1000 live births in a given year.

Question 4

Natural Increase

Answer 4

The difference between birth and death rates

Question 5

Fertility Rate

Answer 5

The average number of children born per woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years.

Question 6

Life Expectancy

Answer 6

The average number of years a person may expect to live when born, assuming past trends continue.

Question 7

Youthful Population

Answer 7

A population with a ratio of people age fourteen or younger is above 15%.

Question 8

Ageing Population

Answer 8

A population with a ratio of people age sixty-five or older is above 15%.

Question 9

Dependency Ratio

Answer 9

The percentage of people below fourteen and above sixty-five years of age in a given population.

Question 10

Anti-natalist Policy

Answer 10

A policy put in place by a government to encourage women to have less children through disincentives.

Question 11

Pro-natalist Policy

Answer 11

A policy put in place by a government to encourage women to have more children through incentives.

Question 12

Population momentum

Answer 12

The tendency for population growth to continue beyond the time that replacement level fertility has achieved, because of a relatively high concentration of people in the child bearing years.

Question 13

Population Projection

Answer 13

The prediction of future populations based on the present age-gender structure, and with present rates of fertility, mortality and migrations.

Question 14

Child Mortality Rate

Answer 14

The number of deaths of children under 5 years of age per 1000 live births in a given year.