Chapter 3: Canada's Population in a Global Context

Multiphasic response theory

Assumes the widespread fertility declines in a society occur in a context of rising socioeconomic opportunities, coupled with sustained high rates of natural increase due to declining death rates (in infancy and childhood)

Pre-decline

________ rise in fertility = every case of demographic transition.

Adjustment theorists

New socioeconomic opportunities in a context of industrialization and urbanization made large families less desirable than before.

Post-transitional regime

Low fertility, high life expectancy, low rates of natural increase, high levels of demographic aging.

Population projection

Computational exercise intended to determine a future populations size and age- sex distribution.

Innovation theorists

Emphasize the role played by new contraceptive technologies and new ideas emphasizing small families.

Population momentum

The amount of unavoidable growth that is built into the current age structure of the population.

Population of the world in 2014

7.238 billion

Doubling time

The number of years it would take for the population to double if its current rate of growth were to remain unchanged

Multiphasic response theory

Assumes the widespread fertility declines in a society occur in a context of rising socioeconomic opportunities, coupled with sustained high rates of natural increase due to declining death rates (in infancy and childhood)

Transitional populations

Countries that have recently completed or are approaching the end of demographic transition

Delayed transition populations

Countries where the demographic transition has only recently begun

Innovation theorists

Emphasize the role played by new contraceptive technologies and new ideas emphasizing small families

Adjustment theorists

New socioeconomic opportunities in a context of industrialization and urbanization made large families less desirable than before

Population growth rate

Expected to continue declining steadily

Post-transitional regime

Low fertility, high life expectancy, low rates of natural increase, high levels of demographic aging

Population projection

Computational exercise intended to determine a future populations size and age-sex distribution