SOC 0007 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Infant Mortality, Demographic Transition, Forced Migration
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Differential fertility: differences in the average number of children born to a woman by social category. Fertility rate: the average number of children born to each woman. The greater the poverty, the higher the fertility rates. Modern demographic transition: a three-stage pattern of population change occurring as societies industrialize and urbanize, resulting ultimately in a low and stable population growth rate. Agricultural stage where fertility and mortality rate is high slow population growth. Transition stage where fertility rate is high and mortality rate is low population explosion: this is because of improved hygiene, effective medicines, safer water and better diets, many countries are at this stage now. Final stage where fertility and mortality rate are low closer to replacement level (western world) Family planning techniques as a way to control population growth such as birth control and condoms. Societal changes change population growth as the role of women are less linked to home-life .
