SOCI 324 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes -
SOCI 324
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Defining a life's course
What begins it? Birth
What ends it? Death
All have different definitions
Stuff in between - life course
What units measure it? Age in years, months, minutes, seconds, etc.
When are you at risk of dying? Always
When are you MOST at risk of dying? More after birth, up until 5, drops, then it
climbs again up through life (J-shape)
McFalls 2007, The Study of Key Events
Event - deaths
Population measures
Incidence per Year
Crude: Events/1000 People Crude Death Rate 8.2
deaths
Refined: Events /1000 people Age x Age-Specific Death Rate 0.68
deaths
Deaths per year
Per 1000 men
Age 21
(Canada
2012-2014)
Life Course Measure
Composite: Sum (Age-specific) Life Expectancy 82
Complicated how gendering works - men more likely to diseases, work,
military, accidents
The Life Course
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Complicated how gendering works - men more likely to diseases, work,
military, accidents
Disparity between males and females
Cause
Cause-Specific Death Rates
(Most heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory, accidents, etc)
When are you at risk of getting pregnant?
When are you MOST at risk of getting pregnant?
Incidence
Crude: Events/1000 people Crude Birth rate
14
Refined: Events/1000 people at risk General Fertility Rate (women
age 15-44) 66
Age Specific Events/1000 people age x Age specific Fertility rates (15-19)
41
A Life Course Measure
Composite: Sum (Age-Specific) Total Fertility Rate
2.05
Cohort Total: Mean Total Births across lifetime
Timing
Median Age at First Event Median Age at First Birth
Median Age at ANY Event Median Age at Birth
What influences Childbearing?
Q.
Biological Capability
•
Sexual exposure*
•
Protection
*Assumes heterosexual p-v sexual exposure to men also able
to have intercourse
•
Changes in timing of when people having a child. Younger (decreases).
Older (increases)
•
What events change populations?
Births
•
Deaths
•
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Document Summary
More after birth, up until 5, drops, then it climbs again up through life (j-shape) Crude: events/1000 people crude death rate 8. 2 deaths. Refined: events /1000 people age x age-specific death rate 0. 68 deaths. Complicated how gendering works - men more likely to diseases, work, military, accidents. Cause-specific death rates (most heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory, accidents, etc) Refined: events/1000 people at risk general fertility rate (women age 15-44) 66. Age specific events/1000 people age x age specific fertility rates (15-19) Median age at first event median age at first birth. Median age at any event median age at birth. *assumes heterosexual p-v sexual exposure to men also able to have intercourse. Changes in timing of when people having a child. People are tied to one another (parents/children) little/ younger adult stage. Death rate decreases, then slow birth rate decreases. Low death rate/high birth rates = dramatic growth population.
