HuGeo 7.2 Think Like a Demographer

The average number of births women bear in the lifetime is:

• crude birth rate.

• total fertility rate.

The total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the:

• crude birth rate.

• total fertility rate.

What is infant mortality rate?

• The age a person can expect to live

• the number of babies that die out of 1,000 births

Do we want a high or low infant mortality rate?

• Low - it means fewer babies have died

• High - it means more babies have died

How many of the world’s 1-year-old children today have been vaccinated against some disease?

• 80%

• 20%

Infant mortality rate tells us how good or bad the ____________________ system is in that country.

• education

• healthcare

What is the percent of the population that can read and write called?

• Literacy Rate

• Infant mortality

What does literacy rate tell us about in that country?

• Healthcare

• Education

Worldwide, 30 year old men have spent 10 years in school, on average. How many years have women of the same age spent in school?

• 9 years

• 6 years

In all low income countries across the world today, how many girls finish elementary school?

• 60%

• 20%