Geography 2010A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Total Fertility Rate, Dependency Ratio, Sandwich Generation
22 Oct 2016
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Demographers refer to this as abnormality in the downward movement of the crude birth rate. 2011 aka there were nearly 650,000 fewer males than females in that year. Canada"s aging population the predicted aging population trend is driven by 3 factors : decrease in fertility rate increase in life expectancy the movement of the baby boom generation into retirement and old age. Canada"s seniors increased from 8% in 1971 to 25% in 2061 in population. Assumption productive members are between 15-64 age and those outside are unproductive to make economic contribution. 2011 ratio was 46/100 this phenomenon is called the sandwich generation have to take care of elderly, but also have kids who also have to be taken care of. Place plays a critical role in the development of a regional/national identity. Within canada the share of allophones grew from 18% in 2001 to 21% in 2011: quebec only 12. 3% reported a non-official language and 4. 7% only english.
