SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Demographic Transition, Population Pyramid, Cultural Lag
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Modernization theory of development: industrialization fosters labour force participation and rationalism, which foster decline in fertility cultural lag: cultural norms maintain high fertility. 1st demographic transition: change from low and stable population of pre-industrial societies to growing population of industrial societies. 2nd demographic transition: change from growing population of industrial societies to high and stable (later declining) population of post-industrial societies. Demographic change is result of fertility, mortality, and net migration. Declining fertility is most important cause of population aging replacement fertility is average # of children needed to replace one generation by the next; 2. 1 children/woman. Contribution by net migration and higher fertility rates than. Family-class immigrants contribute to aging of canadian population. Issue: language and culture-appropriate care for elderly indicators of age structure of population: Proportion of people over 65 to people under 15- old population if former > latter. Median age- under 30 = not aging, over 30 = aging.