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Quiz 1 Flashcards

1
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Define demography

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The scientific study of human population

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2
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Define geodemography

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The study of the interrelation of demography and geography (place)

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3
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Name data sources which helps demographers seek to know the levels and trends in a population

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Censuses, birth and death records, surveys, visas, school registrations

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4
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Define “Count”

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The absolute number of a population or any demographic event occurring in a specified area in a specified time, raw quantity

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5
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Define “Rate”

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The frequency of demographic events in a population during a specified time period divided by the population “at risk” of the event occurring during that time period, assessing how common it is for an event to occur

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6
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Define “Ratio”

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The relation of one population subgroup to another population subgroup

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Define “Proportion”

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The relation of a population subgroup to the entire population

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What is a Cartogram?

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A thematic map of a set of features, in which their geographic size is altered to be directly proportional to a selected ratio-level variable, such as population

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9
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What does it mean to say “spatial is special?”

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Some data are spatial in that they are referring to a place or attributes at locations

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10
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Who is John Snow?

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-Legendary figure in epidemiology; one of the earliest examples of using epidemiological methods to identify risk for Cholera and recommend preventative action

-went house to house in London asking about deaths of area residents who died of Cholera; documented that most deceased person had lived near or drunk from the Broad Street water pump (later this was proved not entirely true, he collaborated with people to prove all of this)

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11
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Population studies, Type I

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Knowledge of non demographic events are used to understand demographic events

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12
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Population studies, Type II

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Knowledge of demographic events are used to understand nondemographic events

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13
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List examples of Formal Demography demographic variables

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Birth rate
Age composition
Population growth rate

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List examples of nondemographic variables

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Economic conditions
Climate
Abortion policy
Social class

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Define “Cohort Measure”

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A stat that measures events occurring to a cohort who are observed through time. The most commonly used cohort is the birth cohort-people born in the same year.

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16
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Define “period measure”

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A stat that measures events occurring to all or part of a population during one period of time; the measure “takes a snapshot” of a population

17
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Define “median age”

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The median age is the age at which exactly half the population is older and half is younger

18
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Define “sex ratio”

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The number of males per 100 females

19
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What is the age-dependency ratio?

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The ratio of people in the dependent ages (under 15 and 65+) to those in the economically productive ages (15-64 years old) in a population

Under 15+ 65 and older / 15-64 pop * (K)

K equals 100

20
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What is a population pyramid?

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A pop pyramid graphically displays a population’s age and sex composition

21
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What is population momentum?

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The tendency of a highly fertile population that has been rapidly increasing in size to continue to do so for decades after the onset of even a substantial decline in fertility

22
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Why was the citizenship question on the 2020 census significant?

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People thought it would discourage immigrants from answering and therefore lead to miscounts; this would have massive effects on congressional seats for states as well as billions of $ in federal funding

23
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Why will the year 2030 be a big year for the US?

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-1 in 5 Americans will be 65 years and older

24
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What is “agency” in terms of theories for international migration?

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MICRO

Rational economic, micro-level cost benefit analysis, decision making models, emphasize human agency, migration as voluntary self-betterment

25
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What is the Neoclassical economic theory?

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International migration is related to the global supply and demand for labor. Nations with scarce labor supply and high demand will have high wages that pull immigrants in from nations with a surplus of labor. Economic assumptions

26
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What is the New Economics of Migration?

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Similar economic assumptions of rational decision-making but focus on families and households. Emphasis on differential access to employment opportunities in destination countries produces restructured and unpredictable gender and generational relationships

27
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What does “structural” mean in terms of theories of international migration?

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Involuntary casualties of larger-scale structural forces operating at national, transnational and global levels

28
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What is the segmented (dual) labor-market theory?

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It argues that first world economies are structured so as to require a certain level of immigration.

The have a primary market of secure well paid work and a secondary market of low wage work. Immigrants are recruited to fill the low wage jobs that are necessary for the overall economy to function

29
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What is the world-systems theory?

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Argues that international migration is a by-product of global capitalism.

People move from poor countries to rich countries because the rich countries caused economic problems in the poor countries

30
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1790 Naturalization Act

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Any free white person could apply for citizenship after 2 years of residency

1795: increased requirement to 5 years

31
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1882 Chinese Exclusion Act

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Suspended Chinese immigration for 10 years, and barred Chinese in U.S. from citizenship

32
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1924: immigration Quota Act (Johnson-Reed Act)

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Basically they thought Northern Europeans were genetically superior so wanted to let them in

33
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1952 McCarran-Walter Act

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-allowed the gov to deport immigrants or nationalized citizens engaged in subversive activities

-added a system of preferences based largely on occupation

-vetoed by Truman, overruled by congress

34
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Hart-Cellar Act

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-first time racial distinctions were omitted

-amended in 1976; led to an increase in number of unauthorized immigrants

35
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1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)

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-Amnesty offered to unauthorized immigrants if living continuously since before 1982

-unlawful for employer to knowingly hire an illegal worker

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