GEOG 1050: Lecture 3 Review (Demographics 1: Introducing Demography and Geodemography)

Vocabulary flashcards covering core terms, equations, and theoretical concepts from GEOG 1050 Lecture 1.

Demographics

The study of populations, which includes births, deaths, and migration known as the demographic triumvirate.

Demographic Triumvirate

The three core processes of demographic change: births, deaths, and migration.

Demographic Accounting Equation

An equation linking births, deaths, and migration to calculate future population: $P_{t+n} = P_t + (B - D) + (I - O)$, where $P_{t+n}$ is the population at $n$ intervals in the future, $P_t$ is the population at a point in time, $B$ is births, $D$ is deaths, $I$ is in-migration, and $O$ is out-migration.

Geodemography

A subfield that specifically examines the intersection of population and place, based on the principle that populations are always spatially varied.

Politics of Demographics

The concept that conventional demographic categories are not neutral and that underlying political considerations dictate who gets counted and how.

Visible Minority

A official Canadian statistical category created as a product of its time, which has faced various methodological and political criticisms.

Single-Axis Work

Research that analyzes population groups as an undifferentiated whole rather than considering multiple intersecting identity factors and social differences simultaneously.

Intersectionality

A concept coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw to explain compounded forms of oppression and inequity by examining how multiple social factors interact within a population at the same time.

Quantitative Population Geography

An empirical approach to population study utilizing numerical statistical sources such as national censuses, population registries, large-scale surveys, and big data sources.

Qualitative Population Geography

An approach to studying population dynamics using non-numerical data sources such as interviews, life histories, and ethnographic fieldwork.