GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Inequality, Mortality Rate
8 Apr 2018
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Tfr: developed = 1. 6 (canada = 1. 6); developing = 2. 8. Fertility rates are influenced by a variety of factors, many of which are social- cultural in nature. Age of marriage: contraceptive use (incl. abortion) Cdr does not account for the age of the population. / b) x 1000: life expectancy: the average number of years of life. Patterns of cdr and le are almost mirror images of each other. Variability of cdr and le reflects variations in: access to health care services, general economic circumstances, food supply, general environmental conditions, i. e. sanitation. The spatial movement of population, from one place to another. P1 = p0 + (b - d) + (i - e) I = immigration & e = emigration. Number of migrants (flow) & causes of migration. Migration is a social and cultural process. Push- pull factors - 3 main forms: E. g. employment, wages, standard of living, etc.
