SOC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Gentrification, Urban Sociology, Arctic Sea Ice Decline
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15-1 population demographics: demography- the scientific study of human populations; population composition and distribution; examine gender, educational levels, occupation, racial/ethnic groups, etc. Ii. population- a group of people who share a geographic territory. Push factors include war, political or religious persecution, unemployment, high crime rates, and natural disasters. Pull factors include religious freedom, better schools, lower crime rates, and economic opportunities: international migration- movement to another country. Emigrants- moving out of a country, immigrants- people moving into a country: refugees- people who emigrate because of a factor that they cannot control or stand up to, internal migration- movement within a country. Britons: second wave (1820s-1860s)-mostly irish and germans, third wave (1880-1914)-mostly southern and eastern. Europe: fourth wave (1965-today)-immigrants from the third. World, especially asia and latin america: today"s immigrants: 13% of immigrants come from. Europe, 33% from asia, and 45% from mexico and.
