GEOG 142 Chapter 8: PopulationGeographyTextbookChapter8Notes
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Represents a shift from a very young population in which there are slightly more males than females to an older population in which there are more females than males. In between, bumps and dents in the age and sex structure represent powerful forces for social, economic, and political change. The number (or percentage) of people in a population distributed by age and sex. The interaction of fertility, mortality, and migration. Population processes not only produce the age and sex structure but are, in turn, affected by it. True or false: the age and sex structure is viewed as a key to the life of a social group. The assignment of social roles and social status on the basis of age. Stratification implies a set of inequalities; societies distribute resources unequally by age. These resources include not only economic goods but also such crucial intangibles as social approval, acceptance, and respect.
