Sociology Unit 2Complete the following table of terms and the 2006 question attached. You will be expected to know these terms thoroughly. No:TERMDEFINITION

1PopulationTotal number of inhabitants in a given area

2Crude Birth RateIndicates number of live births per 1000 population in a given year. Number of live births/Total Population *1000

3Crude Death RateIndicates number of deaths per 1000 population in a given year. Number of deaths/Total Population*1000

4FecundityA persons maximum possible childbearing capacity.

5Fertility RateThe number of live births per 1000 of woman aged 15-49 years in a given year. {NoBs/Num of Age 15-49 *1000}

6Age specific Fertility RateThe number of live births within a specific age group per 1000 in a given year. {NoBs/Num of Age 20-24 *1000}

7Natural IncreaseThe surplus of births over deaths in a given country for a particular year. {Opposite being the Natural Decrease} {NI=NoBs-NoDs}

8Life ExpectancyAn estimate of the average number of additional years a person may expect to live.

9Dependency RatioNumber of dependants: Number of working population{(Pop under 15 + Pop age 65+) *100/ Pop age 15-64}

10Unemployable

11Employment

12Unemployment

13Underemployment

14Structural employment

15Frictional Employment

16Voluntary Employment

17Over population

18Under population

19Optimum population

20Population density

21ImmigrationNumber of person coming into a country. {Number of persons coming in/Total Pop *1000}

22EmigrationNumber of person going out of a country. {Number of persons going out/Total Pop *1000}

23Net migrationImmigration Emigration per year

24International migrationMovement from one country to another

25Internal MigrationMovement across a country {e.g parish to parish}

26UrbanisationLiving in the towns.

27Cohort

28Census

29Vital Statistics

30Infant Mortality RateNoDs/TotalLiveBirths *1000

31Population Growth RateNatural increase + Net migration/ Total Pop[{Birth-deaths, for a given year} + {Immigraton- Emigration in a given year}/Total population]

32Human Development IndexLife expectancy + Education + GDP

2006 Question Paper9. Country B has population of 24 million. There are five million children under the age of 15 years and 18 million persons between 15 and 64 years old. The rest of the population is considered elderly and does not work.(a) Calculate the dependency ratio.6/18 = 1/3 = 33.3%(b) State TWO things that a countrys dependency ratio may imply about that country.1. The level of health care required.2. The standard of living which should exist in the country as a result of the proportion of economically active people.(c) State TWO measures a country can take to address the issue of an aging population.1. Give incentives for example a grant, to persons with 2 or more children. 2. Improve the number of homes needed in order to facilitate the new older members of society.2003 Structured Question