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Flashcards by Patricia Rothen, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Patricia Rothen
over 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Annual Growth Rate | Crude Birth Rate - Crude Death Rate (in %) |
| Crude Birth Rate (CBR) | The number of births per 1000 people in a population |
| General Fertility Rate (GFR) | The number of births per 1000 women aged 15-49 years |
| Age-Specific Birth Rate | The number of births per 1000 women of any specified age group |
| Standardized Birth Rate | A birth rate for a region on the bases that its age composition is the same as for the whole country |
| Total Fertility Rate (TFR) | The average number of births per 1000 women of childbearing age |
| Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) | The number of deaths of children less than 1 year old per 1000 live births |
| Child Mortality Rate | The number of deaths in children under the age of 5 per 1000 children |
| Crude Death Rate (CDR) | The number of deaths per 1000 in a population |
| Life Expectancy | The average number of years that a person can be expected to live from birth, if demographic factors remain unchanged |
| Population Pyramid | Horizontal bar graph displaying any measurable characteristic of the population. This is mostly age and gender. |
| Doubling Time | Length of time it takes for a population to double in size, assuming its natural growth rate remains constant. Doubling Time (in yrs) = 70/growth rate (in %) |
| Population Momentum | The tendency for a population to a) Grow despite a fall in birth rate/fertility rate b) Fall despite a rise in birth rate/fertility rate |
| Population Projection | Prediction about future populations based on trends in fertility, mortality, and migration |
| Dependency Ratio | Measures the working population and the dependent population. = (<15yrs + >64yrs)/(16-64yrs) |
| Migration | The movement of people, involving a change of residence. It may be internal or external and voluntary or forces. It is usually for an extended period (more than a year) and does not include temporary circulations such as tourism/commuting. |
| Remittances | Transfers of money or goods by foreign workers to their home countries |
| Refugee | A person fleeing their home country in order to escape danger |
| Asylum Seeker | A person that seeks refugee status in another country |
| Illegal Immigrant | Person who enters another country without permission and plans to remain there |
| Internally Displaced Person | One that has fled their home but continues to live in their own country |
| Tenure | The way in which the rights, restrictions and responsibilities that people have with respect to land (and property) are held |
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