Unit 2 Vocabulary | Population & Migration

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What is the term for a government policy aimed at actively discouraging people from having children?

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Anti-Natalist

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What is the definition of 'Census'?

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A survey of a population that collects information about the people in a region.

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What is the number of people per unit of area, such as a town, city, country, or the world, can support called?

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Carrying Capacity

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What does CBR stand for in population studies?

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Crude Birth Rate

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The number of deaths in a year per 1000 people living in a society is called:

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Crude Death Rate (CDR)

Front

What is the statistical study of human populations called?

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Demography

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What is the number of people under age 15 & over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force called?

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Dependency ratio

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What is the number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase?

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Doubling Time

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What is the average number of children born to each woman in a given region during the course of her lifetime called?

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Fertility Rate

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What is the total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year of age for every 1000 live births in a society called?

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Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)