GEOG 1HB3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Natalism, Antinatalism, Total Fertility Rate
4 Jan 2017
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Crude brith rate: cbr = number of live births in one year. The total fertility rate is the number of children a women will have factors affecting fertility: Cultural factors: most cultures recognize that marriage as the most appropriate setting for reproduction, nuptaility rate = number of marriages in one year. X 1000 mid year total population morality measures: Crude death rate: cdr = number of deaths in one year. X 1000 mid year total population factors affecting mortality: Humans are mortal and therefore factors such as diseases, good nutrition, working conditions, good sanitation, and widely available medical services natural increase: Anti-natalist policies- overpopulation is a real danger and that carrying capacity(the max population that can be supported) has been exceeded. Pro-natalist policies- exists in countries dominated with catholic or islamic faiths; in countries where the dominant ethnic group is in danger of being numerically overtaken by the ethnic minority.
