GEOG101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Demographic Transition, Doubling Time, Neoliberalism
28 Jan 2017
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Yellow highlighter- terms and definitions that correlate with notes. Blue highlighter- terms to be aware of, not to know in detail. Red highlighter- broad topics to know (in notes) Demographics- characteristics of a population that include elements such as gender, race, age, income, disabilities, educational attainment, migration rates, and death rates. Demography- the study of characteristics of human population. Census- count of the number of people in a country, region, or city, possibly also gathering additional information (such as residence, marital status, occupation, etc) Vital records- data source that reports births, deaths, marriages, divorces, infectious diseases (only for a limited number of people) Biometric census- individuals are photographed and fingerprinted to create a national database. Age-sex pyramid- horizontal bar graph that represents the population based on its composition according to age and sex. Cohorts- group of individuals that share a common temporal demographic experience.
