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Population & Society
SOLUTIONS: INFLUENCING POPULATION SIZE
• Demographic Transition: As countries become economically developed, their birth and death rates tend to decline.– Preindustrial stage: little population growth
due to high infant mortality.– Transitional stage: industrialization begins,
death rates drops and birth rates remain high.– Industrial stage: birth rate drops and
approaches death rate.
SOLUTIONS: INFLUENCING POPULATION SIZE
• Generalized model of demographic transition.– Some developing countries may have difficulty making the
demographic transition.
Figure 9-14
Fig. 9-14, p. 183
Birth rate
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Stage 2Transitional
Stage 3Industrial
Stage 4Postindustrial
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Demographic stages in countries-
As countries becomes industrialized their birth rates decline.
Pre-industrial
• Harsh living conditions lead to a high birth rate and high death rate. Thus, there is little population growth.
Transitional
• As industrialization begins, food production rises and health care improves.
• Death rates drop and birth rates remain high
• The population grows rapidly
Industrial• Industrialization is wide spread• The birth rate drops and eventually
approaches the death rate.• This is because of:
– better access to birth control– decline in the infant mortality rate
increased job opportunities for women –the high cost of raising children who
don’t enter the work force until after high school or college.
Postindustrial
• The birth rate declines even further, equaling the death rate and thus reaching zero population growth.
• Then, the birth rate falls below the death rate and the total population size slowly decreases.
(Cont….)
37 countries have reached this stage. (mainly in W. Europe)
To most population experts, the challenge is to help the remaining 88% of the world to get to this stage.
Question of the Day
• As a country goes through the demographic transition, the greatest rate of population growth takes place during which phase?A. The preindustrialB. The pretransitionalC. The transitionalD. The industrialE. The postindustrial
Factors Affecting Birth Rates and Fertility Rates
• The number of children women have is affected by:– The cost of raising and educating them.– Availability of pensions.– Urbanization.– Education and employment opportunities.– Infant deaths.– Marriage age.– Availability of contraception and abortion.
Fig. 9-7, p. 176
47 years
Homicides per100,000 people
Hourly manufacturing job wage (adjusted for inflation)
Living insuburbs
Homes withelectricity
Homes withflush toilets
High schoolgraduates
Married women workingoutside the home
Life expectancy
1.25.8
$15$3
52%10%
99%2%
98%10%
83%15%
81%
2000
1900
8%
77 years
Case Study: U.S. Immigration
• Since 1820, the U.S. has admitted almost twice as many immigrants and refugees as all other countries combined.
Figure 9-8
U.S. Statistics• Because of the ‘Baby Boom’ the US has a
bulge in the pyramid with people in their 50’s-60’s.
• There are also more women than men in the older age group because of differences in longevity between the sexes.
(Cont…)
The US has a high % of retired people because of long life expectancy. This makes us realize the importance of social security, etc.
The economy is now geared towards this population
The US is considered a slow growth population.
Thomas Malthus
• He argues that rising wages and improved well-being would lead to excess reproduction among the working class.
• A labor surplus would then cause wages to fall below subsistence levels, resulting in starvation, disease and crime.
• In his view, land for food production was the limiting factor in both population growth and economic development.
Human predictions
• If there was a continued growth and not death, food would run short and available space would run out.
• But, humans can’t reproduce as fast as other animals.
• This helps to stop the growth.
Gross National Product- The most commonly used measure of the economic growth of a country.
Infant mortality rate- Number of child/infant deaths. If a mother lives in an area with a high infant mortality rate she will tend to
have a lot of children to ensure some will make it to adulthood.
Zero Population Growth- When the number of births, equals the number of deaths. No growth in the population.
Total Fertility Rate- an estimate of the average number of children a women will have during her childbearing years.
Replacement-level fertility- the number of children a couple must bear to replace themselves. It is slightly higher than two children per couple. (2.2 in developed countries and as high as 2.5 in some
developing countries)It is greater in countries w/ high infant mortality rates than in countries w/ low infant mortality rates
Age structure- Percentage of the population at each age level in a population
Generation time- the time it takes for 1 generation to pass.
Question of the Day• It has recently been estimated that the growth in world
population has slowed in the past decade. Despite this trend, environmentalists remain concerned about the environmental impact of world population, principally becauseA. the standard of living is increasing in many
developing countries, leading to an increased per capita use of natural resources
B. people are living longer in developed nations, putting a strain on the economies of those countries
C. life expectancy is still decreasing in Africa due to AIDS
D. the standard of living is poor in many developing countries, leading to a great deal of deprivation and suffering
E. fertility is falling due to exposure to endocrine disruptors released into the environment