Quality of Life Stats

The percentage of a country’s population under the age of 14

• Population Under 14

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

The percentage of jobs in the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors

• Infant Mortality Rate

• Labor Force Characteristics

The percentage of a population that can read and write over the age of 15.

• Literacy Rate

• Life Expectancy Rate

The number of babies that die before their 1st Birthday out of 1,000 live births.

• Life Expectancy Rate

• Infant Mortality Rate

The amount of wealth created by a country divided by its population.

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP Per Capita)

• Population Under 14

The average age a person can expect to live in a country.

• Life Expectancy Rate

• Infant Mortality Rate

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of most developed countries.

• advanced technology

• good basic services

• high GDP per capita

• subsistence farming

Most countries with slow population growth rates are:

• A. developed

• B. high literacy rates

• C. middle income

• D. developing

The world’s population has grown rapidly in the last 200 years for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

A.

• advances in medicine

• advances in food production

• advances in transportation

• advances in sanitation

Developing countries often have higher birthrates than developed countries because:

• large populations are needed to maintain a strong military defense against wealthier countries

• subsistence farmers need large families

• the use of birth control is widespread

• they are better at raising children