GGR208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Forces, Population Geography, Indian Register
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Total fertility rate (tfr) is based on an imaginary woman, more of a prediction. Assu(cid:373)i(cid:374)g a (cid:374)or(cid:373)al rate of death, (cid:858)repla(cid:272)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t le(cid:448)el fertilit(cid:455)(cid:859) is arou(cid:374)d (cid:1006). (cid:1005) (cid:894)e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple(cid:895) By birth and by death, the population is replacing itself- it needs to have a fertility rate of about. Life expectancy is the average number of years an infant newborn can expect to live. In canada, aboriginal communities and the poor have the lowest life expectancies. Life expectancy tended to be low for people with low income and education, for residents of shelters, rooming houses and hotels, and for registered indians; non-status indians and metis. Socio economic disparity within a prosperous country. All of these measure can be dramatically affected by epidemics (cdr, imr, cmr) Aids has a massive impact, which we can see in population pyramids for the most. Demographers: industrialization and urbanization leads to demographic transition.