Chapter 7 Vocab
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the study of human populations and population trends
demography
a scientist in the field of demography
demographer
the movement of people into a country or region, from another country or region
Immigration
the movement of people out of a country or region
emigration
the number of births per 1000 individuals per year
Crude Birth Rate
the number of deaths per 1000 individuals per year
Crude Death Rate
the number of years it takes a population to double
Doubling time
an estimate of the average number of children that each woman in a population will bear throughout her childbearing years
Total Fertility Years
the total Fertility rate required to offset the average number of deaths in a population in order to maintain the current population size
Replacement Level Fertility
a country with relatively high levels of industrialization and income
Developed country
a country with relatively low levels of industrialization and income
developing country
the average number of years that an infant born in a particular year in a particular country can be expected to live, given the current average lifespan and death rate in that country
Life Expectancy
the number of deaths of children under one year of anger per 1000 live births
Infant Mortality
the number of deaths of children under age five per 1000 live births
Child Mortality
the difference between immigration and emigration in a given year per 1000 people in a country
Net Migration Rate
a visual representation of the number of individuals within specific age groups for a country, typically expressed for men or women
age Structure diagram
the theory that as a country moves from a subsistence economy to industrialization and increased affluence it undergoes a predictable shift in population growth
Theory of Demographic Transition
the state of having plentiful wealth including the possession of money, goods, or property
Affluence
the practice of regulating the number or spacing of offspring through the use of birth control
Family Planning
An equation used to estimate the impact of the human lifestyle on the environment: Impact=population x affluence x technology
IPAT equation
a measure of the value of all products and services produced in one year in one country
Gross Domestic product (GDP)
an area that contains more than 38 people per square kilometer (1000 people per square mile)
Urban Area
An age Structure diagram that is widest at the bottom and smallest at the top, typical of developing countries
Population Pyramid
Continued population growth alter growth reduction measures have been implemented
Population momentum