Studied by 3 people
Demographic transition model
Classification of populations differentiated by different combinations of fertility and mortality.
Transition
______ is not a necessary pre-condition for development.
Group A
Falling rates of increase + potential population decline.
Fertility decline
____ ___= based on rational choices.
Group B
Both birth and death had fallen, but death rates had declined earlier and more rapidly than death rates.
Group C
Neither birth/death rates were under control
3
Thompson claimed there were ___ groups
3
Landry claimed there were ___ stages of population development: primitive, intermediate, contemporary
Family
Carr-Saunders examined small ____ system and its causes
1950
Notestein thought that Western + Central European populations would peak in _____ and decline after
Factors
Notestein' critique is that he paid too much attention to socio-economic _____
Fertility
Large differences in pre-modern _____ were not taken into account in the transition theory
Modernization
The actual decline in European regions was not tied closely to socio-economic _____
Decline
Cultural setting influenced the onset and spread of fertility _____
Forecasts, standard
Transition theory has influenced how the United Nations and the World Bank have based their population ____ on the assumption of ______ transition
Mortality
Rising incomes + development of the modern state caused reductions in ______
Child
Revolution in medicine reduced _____ mortality
Diseases
Increase in the use of antibiotics caused a reduction in epidemic and contagious ______
Fertility
A mortality decline causes ______ declines because it promotes economic productivity
Economic theory
States that pre-modern high fertility is rational behavior and fertility decline is based on rational choices
Population aging
Will lead to pronatalist measures by governments
Raising
Much more attention will have to be given to ____ fertility levels
Note 
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