SOC312H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development, Human Capital, 100 Girls
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Process of birth, death, and migration the three key demographic processes are all age dependent. Age is also determining factor in the incidence of other demographic events, including cohabitation, marriage, divorce, remarriage, widowhood, labour force activity, and unemployment. All demographic phenomena is that they are conditioned by sex: for example, females enjoy lower death rates than males in most circumstances; the chances of long distance relocation are usually greater for males than for females. Demographers typically interested in three segments of the population: those under 15 (youth), those aged 15-64 (working age), and those aged 65 and older (post-retirement) Usefulness of three broad age categories: get a sense of economic dependency" burden in a given society. By taking ratio of youth + old age dependents to the working age population = a measure of society"s overall dependency on the workers, who must provide for those not in the labour force.
