AP HUG 2.4-2.9

What is crude birth rate?

The total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people alive in the society.

How do you find crude birth rate?

Live births/1,000 alive people

What is the total fertility rate?

The average number of children a woman will have in her childbearing years.

How do you find total fertility rate?

Average number of babies/number of women

What is infant mortality rate?

Percentage of infants who do not live past the age of one.

How do you find infant mortality rate?

Deaths of infants/1000 live births

What is maternal mortality rate?

percentage of women who die giving birth

How do you find maternal mortality rate?

Total number of deaths in one year/1000 people

What is the Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)?

The percentage of annual growth in a population excluding migration.

What is population doubling time?

the number of years it takes for a population to double in size

What are the characteristics of a stage one country?

Hunting and gathering, low RNI because the death and births are equal

What are the characteristics of a stage two country?

Industrial revolution is about to start and the RNI is rapidly increasing

What are the characteristics of a stage three country?

Industrial revolution, no more child labor, women get jobs, and RNI is slowly increasing

What are the characteristics of a stage four country?

Post industrial revolution and slow/stable RNI

What are the characteristics of a stage five country?

Death rate becomes higher than birth rate and elderly begin to dominate the population, RNI slowly declines

What are examples of a stage one country?

Rain-forest tribes

What are examples of a stage two country?

Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa

What are examples of a stage three country?

India and Brazil

What are examples of a stage four country?

UK and America

What are examples of a stage five country?

Russia, Japan, and Germany

What is the epidemiological transition?

The way that people in each stage die

What is the Malthusian theory?

A theory developed by Thomas Malthus that states the population will eventually outgrow the food supply and that the population will outgrow the carrying capacity

What are Neomalthusians?

Fans of Thomas Malthus and his theories/new Malthusians

What does natal mean?

pertaining to the time and place of one's birth

What is natalist?

policies enacted by governments at various scales to promote births

What are anti-natalist policies?

Government policies that discourage the growth of population

What are pro-natalist policies?

Government policies that encourage the growth of population

What are the effects when women are educated?

They are better able to care for their kids, they have kids later in life, they want to use their education/get a job, they have less kids so they can work

What happens when women are educated?

They bring in more money for their household