Demography vocabulary

Rece ethnicity and gender are studied by demographers because...

• Demographers study human evolution

• They organize the population according to those characteristics

• They can have an influence on life quality (for example, increase vulnerability)

• All of the above

How is fertility rate related to demography?

• If the fertility rate increases, population increases (if the death rate is low)

• Fertility can give us insight on life quality and economic development

• Fertility is related to other aspects, like dependency ratio and child mortality

• All of the above

The fertility rate in Uruguay is __

What's the replacement rate?

• The necessary fertility rate for population to remain the same

• 2.1

• Both are correct

Age structure...

• Has nothing to do with life quality

• Is the same as life expectancy

• Is only applied to the eldest part of the population

• None of the above

Death rate is...

• The number of deaths proportional to the population (usually per thousand people per year)

• The raw number of people who die every day

• Both are correct

Birth rate is...

• The number of people who are born proportionally to the population (usually per thousand per year)

• The raw number people who are born every day

• Both are correct

Marriage and cohabitation...

• Are important to demographers because they are connected to fertility

• Aren't important except during the pandemic

• Refer only to people who are older than 25

• All of the above

Living arrangements and residential patterns...

• Refer to our relationship with the people we live with and how we occupy the space we share

• Can give us a clue of the economic development of a country

• Can be related to cultural aspects

• All of the above

We abbreviate "Less economically developed countries" as ____ and "more economically developed countries" as ____

• L and M

• LEDCs and MEDCs