GEOG 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Child Mortality, Demographic Transition, Mortality Rate
23 Apr 2018
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Population: the sum total of all individuals who live in the same geographical area: population can be applied to any scale (continent, country, province, city) Demography: the study of the characteristics of a population. Ca(cid:374)ada"s populatio(cid:374: census: a way of officially counting or measuring a population as well as characteristics associated with its composition (age, gender, measured every 5 years, criticized for excluding the homeless. Informs where money needs to be spent and where services need to be provided: canada has an aging population. Population change: three components, births, deaths, migration. Population change in canada: a de(cid:272)li(cid:374)e i(cid:374) ca(cid:374)ada"s fertilit(cid:455) rate is related to a series of so(cid:272)ial a(cid:374)d e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges: Increasing number of women in the labor force: higher education levels among women and marrying later in life, family planning. Migration: net migration: the difference between in and out migration, population increase: the sum of the natural increase and the net migration.
