GEOG 335 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Married People, Demographic Transition, Case Fatality Rate

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Geographical Sciences
• Course: GEOG 335
• Professor: Mila Zlatic

Document Summary

Neo malthusian: neo malthusianism emphasizes the need for strong population growth control before world resource limitations are reached. This does not reflect malthus" point of view since it implies the use of birth control. The predicament of malthusianism results from the belief that assistance to the poor stimulates fertility and thereby causes more poverty. By offering assistance, the conditions of misery are aggravated. Demographic transition: definition: using historic observations to understand changes in population characteristics including birth rates, death rates, based on using fertility as a function of economic, social, psychological, and cultural factors. Age-specific death rate: the probability of dying in a given time interval in relation with age. Crude death rate: the number of deaths per 1,000 population in a given year. (cid:1829)(cid:1870)(cid:1873)(cid:1856)(cid:1857) (cid:1830)(cid:1857)(cid:1853)(cid:1872) (cid:1844)(cid:1853)(cid:1872)(cid:1857): the mortality curve is j-shaped, death rates are lowest for young adults and adolescents.