Week 2: Demography Flashcards
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: ____________, _____________, _____________, ____________, _____________?
Demography;
- Fertility
- Mortality
- Migration
- Marriage
- Social Mobility
What aims to determine the number & distribution of a population in certain area for planning, priority, setting and for purposes of fund application?
Demography
What is the first “demographic fact” employed in describing a population?
Population size
What are the four data collection methods?
- Surveys
- Census
- Registries
- Synthetic data
What is the administration of an interview form to a portion of a target population that has been systematically selected?
Survey
What is the complete count of individuals or entities residing in a specific place at a specific time?
Census
What describes how people are spread across a specific area?
Population distribution
Measure of population distribution:
- By type of community
- By Barangay, Municipality, City, Province, or Region
What is the measure of distribution that indicates the level of concentration or dispersion?
Population concentration
What is the combined demographic characteristics of persons within a geographical data?
Population composition
What do you call the attributes that give a population its character?
Demographic characteristics
Biosocial characteristics
Age
Sex
Race
Ethnicity
Sociocultural characteristics
Marital Status/Family Structure
Income
Education
Occupation/Industry/Employment
Religion
2 types of sex composition
Sex Ratio
Sex Structure
What compares sex ratio across different categories?
Sex Structure / Sex Distribution
What compares number of males to the number of females?
Sex Ratio
Formula for Sex Ratio
(number of males/number of females) x 100
The most common Sex Structure
Age-Sex Distribution
What is the value which cuts off the upper 50% and lower 50% of the ages of the population?
Median
Formula for Median Class
Formula for Median Age
What is the number of dependents to be supported for every 100 economically-productive person?
Age-Dependency Ratio
Formula for Age-Dependency Ratio
Dependent Population
0-14 y/o and >65 yo
