Populations & Demographics APES unit 4

Which factor below is least likely to affect birth and fertility rates today?

• number of people 60 or older

• cost of raising and educating children

• religious beliefs

• educational and employment opportunities for women

• average age at marriage

The region of the world with the highest incidence of HIV infections is

• North America

• Eastern Europe/ Central Asia

• Western/Central Europe

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Middle East/North Africa

The text suggests that one key demographic statistic is the percentage of people in a region that are under 15 years of age. Why is this statistic important?

• Young people buy lots of goods and services

• Young people will be the leaders of the future

• Young people will feel the effects of global warming.

• Young people are reckless and impulsive

• Young people are poised to move into their prime reproductive years.

A metropolitan region of 100,000 people has 2000 births, 500 deaths, 200 emigrants, and 100 immigrants over a 1-year period. Its population growth rate is

• 1.2 percent.

• 1.4 percent

• 1.6 percent.

• 1.8 percent.

• 2.0 percent.

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Which of the following statements about total fertility rate is correct

• TFR is equal to the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.

• TFR is the average number of children each woman must have to replace the current population.

• TFR is generally higher in developed countries than in developing countries

• TFR is equal to the growth rate of a country

• TFR is the average number of children each woman will give birth to during her childbearing years.

Even if a country reduces its birth rate and maintains replacement-level fertility, its population will still continue to grow for several decades because of

• lower death rates

• increased income.

• population momentum

• better health care.

• increased life expectancy.

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Which of the following countries best exemplifies phase 4 of a demographic transition?

• Argentina

• China

• India

• Mexico

• Japan

Using the rule of 70, a population growing at 10% would double in

• 7 years

• 10 years

• 17 years

• 15 years

• not enough information to tell

Populations whose age structure diagrams are narrower at the bottom than at the top have

• high death rates

• the same proportion of individuals in each age group

• a declining population

• a high growth rate

• all of the above

A particular country has a Total Fertility Rate equal to replacement level fertility and emigration equal to immigration. Which of the following must be true?

• The population will begin shrinking within ten years, based on the Rule of 70.

• The population must be stable.

• The population will begin growing as soon as TFR = 2.1.

• Infant mortality must also be less than Crude Death Rate.

• There is not enough information to tell.

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