Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Global Catastrophic Risk, The Population Bomb, Mass Society
16 Mar 2017
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Demography: demography: scientific study of population, focus on social factors that influence population rates and trends, birth, death, etc, main sources of data: census (best data) & vital statistics. Why has br decreased: contraceptives, women becoming educated more, time issue (baby vs. education which is more convenient, workforce for women, aging population. Canada: developed nations tend to have fewer children as standard of living increases (canada, highest: niger, lowest: singapore. Why are there more children in niger: no contraception, not much work in nigeria, less education, make up for lack of economy with fertility. Why has death rate increased: aging population. #1 indicator of how healthy a countries healthcare system is. Compare by gender and age accident but you could survive with. Promised more jobs for our generation nanotechnology or artificial technology: could die, but not from disease, maybe an.
