intro to demography

• what 2 things are closely linked?

• For example, new members of the population are mostly born into and raised by f____, and what affects their chances of survival?

• Family and population are closely linked.

• For example, new members of the population are mostly born into and raised by families, and the kind of care they receive from their family affects their chances of survival.

• what is the study of populations and their characteristics is called demography.

• These characteristics include what 6 things?

The study of populations and their characteristics is called demography. These characteristics include:

• Size: is the population large or small, growing or declining?

• Age structure: is the average age of the population rising or falling?

• Births: how many babies are born.

• Deaths: how many people die.

• Immigration: how many people enter the country from elsewhere.

• Emigration: how many people leave the country to live elsewhere,

the factors that most directly affect the size of a country's population are:

affect a population increase :

• births

• immigration

affect a populations decrease

• deaths

• emigration

the factors that most directly affect the size of a country's population are:

affect a population increase :

• what 2 things ?

• affects a populations increase

• what 2 things ?

• in demography , we examine what?

• Britain in 1801 had a population of what?

• By 1901, this stood at what?

• The current population of the UK is approximately is what?

• a prediction is that it will rise to what? by what year?

• in demography , we examine some of the main features of the UK population, and how and why it has changed.

• Britain in 1801 had a population of 10.5 million.

• By 1901, this stood at 37 million.

• The current population of the UK is approximately 68 million

• a prediction is that it will rise to 71 million by 2031.

• Until the 19___s, UK population growth was largely the product of what?

• However, since the 19__, most of the growth has come from where?

• Until the 1980s, UK population growth was largely the product of natural change - that is, the result of there being more births than deaths.

• However, since the 1980s, most of the growth has come from net migration - that is, more immigration than emigration.