Women and Demographic Change and Migration

These flashcards cover key concepts related to demographic changes, migration patterns, and their effects as discussed in the lecture notes.

What are the primary factors that influence changes in population?

Mortality, fertility, and migration.

How have changing social values affected fertility rates?

They have reduced fertility rates in most parts of the world.

What is the impact of women's changing roles on demographic patterns?

They influence patterns of fertility, mortality, and migration.

What do Ravenstein's laws of migration illustrate?

The relationship between social, economic, and political roles for women and migration patterns.

What is population aging determined by?

Birth and death rates, and life expectancy.

What are the social, economic, and political consequences of an aging population?

Includes changes in the dependency ratio.

What are the two main categories of migration?

Push factors and pull factors.

What are intervening opportunities and obstacles in migration?

Factors that can influence migration, which can be cultural, demographic, economic, environmental, or political.

What types of migration are categorized as forced migration?

Slavery, refugee movements, internally displaced peoples, and asylum seekers.

What are examples of voluntary migration?

Transnational, transhumance, internal, chain, step, guest worker, and rural to urban migration.

What are the effects of migration?

Migration has political, economic, and cultural effects.

What is S.P.E.E.D.S. analysis used for?

To analyze concepts in demographic studies.

Why is it important to know the stages of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM)?

To understand population changes and trends.

How does the Epidemiological Transition Model (ETM) relate to the DTM?

ETM helps explain the shifts in mortality patterns corresponding to the stages of DTM.

What is the significance of Zelinsky's model in demographic studies?

It offers insights into migration patterns related to different stages of economic development.