HGP100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Natalism, Antinatalism, Demographic Transition
19 Apr 2016
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Total number of live births in a given period for every 1,000 people already living- simplest measure. Average number of children a woman will have, assuming she has children at the prevailing age-specific rates as she passes through the fecund years. Between 2. 1 and 2. 5 is considered replacement-level rate. The decision to have children is essentially a cost-benefit decision. Correspond closely to spatial variation in levels of economic development, yet not necessarily the root cause. Onset of the industrial revolution triggered declining fertility rates in the more developed world. Fertility rates in less developed world consistent, but starting to decline in the past few decades. Trend more closely linked to improvements in access to education for women, and related extent of modern contraceptive use. Total number of deaths in a given period for every 1,000 people living- simplest measure. Number of deaths of infants under 1 per 1,000 live births in a year.
