SOCI 242g Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fetus
10 Dec 2015
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Human ecological theory: argues that the level of sustenance organization complexity of a society is negatively related with fertility. India: trying to make it illegal for physician to disclose the sex of the fetus because in laws of female (male parents) do not want female because they inherit from the males. Life span, life expectation, and longevity: life span: the oldest age to which human beings can survive (oldest is 122 years and 164 days, biological phenomenon. Life expectation: statistically average age of life, given current age-specific death rates and current situation in your country. Expectation of life at birth, at age five, etc. Longevity: ability to resist death (biological and social components) Slide 6: life expectancy at birth: japan: 86 for females, 80 for males, chad: 52 f and 50 m, sierra leone: 46 m 45 f, sweden: 84 f 80 m.
