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1
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0-14 years old are too young to work so are known as the

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youthful dependants

2
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15-64 years old, work and support others they are known as the

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active population

3
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65+ years old are senior citizens and are known as the

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old age dependants

4
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Three methods of gathering population data are:

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  1. Census
  2. Civil Registration
  3. National, European and Global Surveys
5
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Some of the data collected by Census are:

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  • Age
  • Sex
  • Occupation
  • Qualifications
  • Ethnic Origins
  • Knowledge of Gaelic
6
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Censues are carried out every

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10 years

7
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Civil Registration collects data on

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  • Births
  • Deaths
  • Marriages
8
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Collection of Civil Registration data takes place

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every day

9
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National, European and Global Surveys collect

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The same data as censuses but only for 10% of the population

10
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Data collected can be used to make sure there is:

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  • Education Provision
  • Employment Oppotunities
  • Adequate Housing & Transport
  • Pension Provision
  • Maternity Care Provision
  • Geriatric Health care and Sheltered Hosuing Provision
11
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The eight difficulties in Collecting Data are:

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  1. Expensive to train enumerators
  2. Nomadic People/illegal immigrants hard to account for
  3. People refusing to participate due to social or religious reasons
  4. Developed Countries data is more reliable (Nigeria)
  5. Low levels of literacy
  6. Variety of languages
  7. Enthic Tensions and Internal Politics
  8. Poor communication links - Difficult terrain (Nepal)
12
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Population change has two main components:

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  • Natural Change
  • Migration Change
13
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Natural Change in a population is when

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the population of a state experiences more deaths than births and vice versa.

14
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Migration Change is when

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more people more to a country than emigrate and this results in an increase in population and vice versa.

15
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Fertility is the number of

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live births and is measured by crude birth rate which is the number of live-births per 1000 for one year

16
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The 6 factors that affect fertility are:

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  1. Cheap Labour
  2. Social Pressures
  3. Economic and Social Burden
  4. Religious Influence
  5. Educational Opportunity
  6. Government Influence
17
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Crude death rate is the

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number of deaths per thousand people for a given year

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Infant mortality rate is the

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number of deaths per infants under one year of age per thousand live births in a given year

19
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Life expectancy is the

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average number of years from birth that a person can expect to live to

20
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 1 - Birth rate is

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high

21
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 1 - Death Rate is

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high

22
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 1 - Population is

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low and fluctuating

23
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 1 - Geographical Place

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Rainforest Tribes

24
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 1 - Examples of countries where tribes exist

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Indoneisa, Brazil and Ecuador

25
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 2 - Birth rate is

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high

26
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 2 - Death Rate is

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Rapidly decreasing

27
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 2 - Population is

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Rapidly increasing

28
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 2 - Place where this stage exists

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Afghanistan

29
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 2 - Fact about case study

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2.6% annual increase in population

30
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 3 - Birth rate is

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rapidly decreasing

31
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 3 - Death rate is

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slowly decreasing

32
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 3 - Population is

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Slowly increasing

33
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 3 - An example of a place with stage 3 is

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Brazil

34
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Demographic Transition Model: Stage 3 - Facts about stage 3 case study

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  • Newly Industrailised, becoming rich quickly
  • Birth rate is high because it is Roman Catholic
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