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Sociology 150
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
12/11/2011

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is the scientific study of population growth and change. Size, distribution, composition, age structure, and change in population are all measured using demographic methods.  
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Demography 
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deals with collecting, analyzing, and reporting population data.   
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Formal demography 
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is the study of population patterns within a social context
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Social demography 
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(Births-Deaths) + ((In-Migration)-(Out-Migration))= 
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Population Change 
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or all the births minus all the deaths in a given population over a given time period. The other part of the formula, ((In-Migration)-(Out-Migration)) is called net migration 
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natural increase 
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which is all the in-migration minus all the out-migration in a given population over a given time period
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net migration
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is the formal counting of a population by its government. 
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Census enumeration 
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number of live births per 1,000 people living in the population

 

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crude birth rate 

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is the number of events/number at risk of the event 
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True birth rate 
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is the total number of children ever born to a woman calculated both individually and at the societal level
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Total fertility rate 
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is the physiological ability to conceive or give birth to children
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Fecundity 
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are nations with comparably higher wealth than most countries of the world.  
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more developed nations 
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are nations located near to or south of the equator which have less wealth and more of the world’s population.  
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Less developed nations 
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is the time required for a population to double if the current growth rate continues.   
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Doubling time 
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occurs when a population neither shrinks nor expands from year to year. To understand why some countries have higher or lower rates, you must first understand some theoretical backgrounds. 
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Zero population growth 
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is a perspective which opposes childbearing. Antinatalists oppose birth and support contraception, abortions, and sterilization along with the education of women. Educating a woman is the most effective way of lowering her fertility

 

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Antinatalist

 

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is a perspective which promotes birth and increased population. Pronatalists support birth, large families, extended families, and governmental support of childbearing.

 

 

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pronatalist

 

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the problem was that populations grew more rapidly than the production of food, which to him was the cause of many social ills in the new industrial societies of Europe. He declared that no sex before marriage, forced sterilization, and criminal treatment of unprepared parents would be the new conservative norm. 
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Malthusian Theory 
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is the termination of the body, its systems, and brain activity in an irreversible way. Death is a part of life. 

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 Death

 

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Epidemiology

 

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is the scientific study of diseases, their transmission, and their management

 

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is the number of deaths in a given population per 1,000 people living in that population

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crude death rate 

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is the number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births. The CDR and IMR vary greatly between countries and regions ( 
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infant mortality rate 
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which claims that populations go through three distinct stages that correspond to the onset of the Industrial Revolution with regard to changes in birth and death rates
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Demographic Transition Theory 
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or the graphic representation of specified 5-year age groups within a population by sex. 
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population pyramid 
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is the departure from a country of origin to reside in another 
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Emigration 
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movement within geographic boundaries 
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migration 
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is the arrival of a foreigner into a country they will reside in 
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Immigration 
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negatives aspects of where you live which make you consider leaving 
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Push factors 
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are positive aspects of another place which draw you to migrate to it. Push 
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. Pull factors 
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