SOC 2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rational Choice Theory, De Jure, Demographic Transition
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Birth, death, migration, child bearing, marriage & divorce (formal, civil, unions) What in uences what happens between those two points. Crude birth rate, crude death rate, fertility rate, divorce rate Changes in sex ratio, average age, ethnic composition Social change results in the changes in the demographics of a population. Currently in quebec there are policy implications that are an effect of the change in the demographics in the population, a reaction to the change. In india, women are trying to take control of their own lives, this changes the birth rate, many women are not having as many children so the population is not growing as fast. Political change, scienti c change, institutional complexity, industrialization. We have a level of organization that somewhat controls the demographic change. Census of population - demographic structure and population. Enrolling in university, staying in a hospital. Everyone in the population registers where they live, where they work, etc