SOCL 4701 : Socl4701midterm
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29 august 2013: what is demography, demography: scientific study of human populations, the term was coined in 1855 by achille guillard who used it in the title of his book elements de statique humaine ou. What are the causes of population growth (or, at least, population change): -the higher rate of people you have, the greater amount of productivity there is, -ex. Of this rom the bible: be fruitful and multiply: 2. Growth potential is realized as death rate drops before the birth rate drops, resulting in rapid pop growth: 3 death and birth rates converge in the last transition, a set of transitions, 1. Mortality transition- shift from deaths at younger ages due to disease to deaths at older ages due to degenerative diseases: 2. Fertility transition- the shift from natural (high) to controlled (low) fertility: 3. Age transition- social and econ reactions as societies adjust to constantly changing age distributions: 4.
