SOC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Total Fertility Rate, Fecundity
22 Jun 2017
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6/17/17 7:58 pm: the study of the size and composition of human populations as well as the causes and consequences of changes in these factors, demography is influenced by 3 major factors, fertility. Refers to the actual number of births in a given population. The # of annual live births per 1,000 people in a given population. The average number of children that would be born. Measures the number of children who die within the first year of life per 1000 per births: mortality. The frequency of deaths in a population. Commonly used measure of this is the crude death rate. The average number of years a person is born in a particular year can expect to live: migration (from) The movement of populations from one geographical area to another. When a population leaves an area and immigration when a population enters an area. The movement within a nation"s boundary lines-in contrast with immigration in which boundary lines a crossed.
