Match the ten ‘heads’ on this page with the definition ‘tails’ on the next slide. Leave two lines for each, though some are smaller!

NOTE THESE ARE ALL SOCIAL INDICATORS.

Birth rate-

Death rate-

General fertility-

Infant mortality-

Life expectancy-

Dependency ratio-

Population census-

Natural increase-

Migration-

Demography-

Birth rate minus death rate.

Total count of all people in an area.

The study of populations in the world.

Average lifespan of the population of a country.

Babies born in the year per thousand population.

Calculation based on formula using children/aged.

Number of births per thousand women of child-bearing age (15-49)

Deaths of under 1-year-olds annually per thousand live births.

Deaths each year per thousand population.

The movement of people for a period of time.

Information about a population is collected by a CENSUS, a count of the people in that

country.

The countries who perform one usually do it every TEN years.

As well as recording the age and sex of each person in a household, the census also records other information such as ethnic background and language/s

spoken.The information gathered is used to help governments work out their future

spending plans.

A falling birth rate, for example, will mean fewer children and a need for fewer

teachers. An aging population will mean services for older people will need to be

increased.

Some countries use vital statistics taken from the registration of births, marriages and deaths to monitor changes.

As they are recorded daily, they are more up-to-date, but don’t give as much information as a census.

Some countries find it difficult- or impossible- to take a census.

Copy the headings on the next slide leaving about two lines between each,and then write a sentence for each to explain it.

NOMADS

POOR ACCESS

SIZE

MOVEMENT

LITERACY

HIDDEN TRUTHS

COST

BAD MANAGEMENT

The information about a country’s population is used;-

1. By government, industry and commerce to assess the needs of the people from cradle to grave,

2. To forecast trends and initiate policies like ; a) a pro-natalist policy to encourage, births like after a war.

b) an anti-natalist policy to discourage, births like China’s one-child policy- see later case study.

Which is

Scotland?

Copy a) and b) as terms to learn.

c) To promote migration as in Indonesia; re-settling Javanese people to the less crowded Sumatra.

3. As a means of assessing the success of earlier policies such as family planning or health care initiatives.

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