Population composition

Question 1

Population composition

Answer 1

Physical, sociocultural, and economic attributes of the population (e.g., age, sex, place of residence, language, religion, marital status, race/ethnicity, literacy, education, occupation).

Question 2

Sex composition measures

Answer 2

1) Masculinity proportion: # males divided by total population 2) Sex ratio: # males divided by # females 3) Excess or deficit of males

Question 3

Measures of age and digit preference

Answer 3

Index of age preference:

(1) Whipple’s index (measure of preference for ages ending in 0 and 5)
(2) Myer’s blended method

Age accuracy index:

(1) Age ratio analysis
(2) Sex ratio analysis.

Index or relative differences

Index of dissimilarity

Question 4

Age composition measures

Answer 4

1) Dependency ratio: Ratio of age 0-14 plus 65+ to age 15-64
2) Child dependency ratio: Ratio of age 0-14 to age 15-64
3) Aged dependency ratio: Ratio of age 65+ to age 15-64
4) Aging index: Ratio of age 65+ to age 0-14
5) Mean, median, mode
6) Graphical measures: Population pyramid

Question 5

Population pyramid: Less developed regions

Answer 5

Question 6

Population pyramid: More developed regions

Answer 6