01:920:227 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mexico City Policy, Sub-Saharan Africa, Whitehall Study
13 Aug 2018
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***the final exam will consist of 50 multiple choice questions. Course section 1 (covered on midterm exam 1: what is demography, the scientific study of human populations. Why or why not: growth rate = births - deaths + net migration so if this rate is decreasing, then absolute population size is not decreasing. And has the world"s population size also peaked: world"s population growth rate peaked in the 1960s. The world"s population size has not peaked yet. What about in less developed countries: life expectancy increased; ldrs is getting better at a slower rate. What has happened to infant mortality over time: death rate during the first year of life. Major improvements over time but still a lot of regional variation. How is this different from the improvements in mortality seen in the 20th century: vaupel and olshansky both agree that we need to improve mortality among the elderly instead among the young.
