ANT-2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Hutterite, Ovulation, Breastfeeding
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Model for most of human history: moderate death & birth rates. Value of children = moderate: small number. High growth rate (more birth than deaths) pronatalism (as many children) Very high # of children: families = large labour force (work land etc) Increase reliance on direct means of birth control. Gender division of labour values = male work. High fertility rates = mennonites / hutterites. Negative population growth: high growth in developing nations. Replacement level fertility: # of births equals the # of deaths = maintenance of current population size. Below replacement level fertility: # of births is less than the number of deaths = population decline, canada, japan and cuba ex, invest more resources in fewer children, children less useful in production. Demographic transition: process of change from the high fertility and high mortality in agricultural societies - to low fertility and low mortality (industrialized societies)
