Week 2: Demography

Question 1

What is the mathematical & statistical study of size, composition, and spatial distribution for human populations & of changes over time in these aspects through the operation of 5 processes of: ____________, _____________, _____________, ____________, _____________?

Answer 1

Demography;

• Fertility
• Mortality
• Migration
• Marriage
• Social Mobility

Question 2

What aims to determine the number & distribution of a population in certain area for planning, priority, setting and for purposes of fund application?

Answer 2

Demography

Question 3

What is the first “demographic fact” employed in describing a population?

Answer 3

Population size

Question 4

What are the four data collection methods?

Answer 4

1. Surveys
2. Census
3. Registries
4. Synthetic data

Question 5

What is the administration of an interview form to a portion of a target population that has been systematically selected?

Answer 5

Survey

Question 6

What is the complete count of individuals or entities residing in a specific place at a specific time?

Answer 6

Census

Question 7

What describes how people are spread across a specific area?

Answer 7

Population distribution

Question 8

Measure of population distribution:

Answer 8

• By type of community
• By Barangay, Municipality, City, Province, or Region

Question 9

What is the measure of distribution that indicates the level of concentration or dispersion?

Answer 9

Population concentration

Question 10

What is the combined demographic characteristics of persons within a geographical data?

Answer 10

Population composition

Question 11

What do you call the attributes that give a population its character?

Answer 11

Demographic characteristics

Question 12

Biosocial characteristics

Answer 12

Age
Sex
Race
Ethnicity

Question 13

Sociocultural characteristics

Answer 13

Marital Status/Family Structure
Income
Education
Occupation/Industry/Employment
Religion

Question 14

2 types of sex composition

Answer 14

Sex Ratio
Sex Structure

Question 15

What compares sex ratio across different categories?

Answer 15

Sex Structure / Sex Distribution

Question 16

What compares number of males to the number of females?

Answer 16

Sex Ratio

Question 17

Formula for Sex Ratio

Answer 17

(number of males/number of females) x 100

Question 18

The most common Sex Structure

Answer 18

Age-Sex Distribution

Question 19

What is the value which cuts off the upper 50% and lower 50% of the ages of the population?

Answer 19

Median

Question 20

Formula for Median Class

Answer 20

Question 21

Formula for Median Age

Answer 21

Question 22

What is the number of dependents to be supported for every 100 economically-productive person?

Answer 22

Age-Dependency Ratio

Question 23

Formula for Age-Dependency Ratio

Answer 23

Question 24

Dependent Population

Answer 24

0-14 y/o and >65 yo

Question 25

Independent Population

Answer 25

15-64 y/o

Question 26

What is the graphical representation of the age and sex composition of the population?

Answer 26

Population pyramid

Question 27

What explains and described demographic trends of the population in the past?

Answer 27

Population pyramid

Question 28

Factors of Population Pyramid

Answer 28

Fertility Rate
Mortality
Migration

Question 29

Population Pyramid Types:

Answer 29

A. Expansive / Expanding
B. Dome-Shaped
C. Stationary
D. Constrictive
E. Irregular Shapes

Question 30

A population pyramid indicating the ff:
- Late-Expanding Stage
- Early Stationary Phase
- Declining birth rate

Answer 30

Dome-Shaped

Question 31

A population pyramid type indicating the ff:
- Elder and Shrinking Population
- Urn or bulb-shaped which can turn into inverted pyramid
- Low birth rate

Answer 31

Constrictive

Question 32

A type of population pyramid indicating the ff:
- High Fertility
- High Mortality
- Low Life Expectancy
- High Population Growth Rate
- Common for developing countries

Answer 32

Expansive / Expanding

Question 33

A type of population pyramid indicating the ff:
- Low Fertility
- Low Mortality
- Barrel-shaped
- High life expectancy
- Slow population growth

Answer 33

Stationary

Question 34

What is known as the Baby boom pattern?

Answer 34

Irregular shape