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Key concepts in demography
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What was the main reason for a slight increase in births since 2001?
Agricultural change
More immigration
Women have more choice
Better stability of UK economy
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What is one of the causes for the change in women's position
Legal equality
Increase in fertility rate
Improved housing and sanitation
Paid employment
3
Ageing population: Has an effect on...
Unemployment
One person households
Dependency ratio
Poverty
4
Migration: What is assimilationism?
Rejecting the language + culture + customs
Mixing up up language + culture + customs
Bringing your own language + culture + customs
Accepting the language + culture + customs
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What method is used to calculate the population size?
Numbers entering and then leaving the country
Government survey
Census
Estimating through a representative sample
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What is the definition of natural change?
population growth
the difference between number leaving and entering a country
number of births - the number of deaths
population decrease as a result of more deaths than births
7
What had reduced the amount of births?
The death rate
Contraception
Diseases
There are more gay couples
8
Migration into the country take away migration out of the country=...
Emigration
Natural change
Immigration
Net migration
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Migration: Which one is Emigration?
Natural migration
Net migration
Movement into the UK
Movement out of the Uk
10
What is this?
Overview of birth & death rates
Migration into UK
population pyramid
Population change
11
Guess in which hierarchic order Marhaba wants her hybrid identity.
Afghan, British and Muslim
British, Afghan and Muslim
Muslim, Afghan and British
Afghan, Muslim and British
12
Decline of the birth rate: In what yr did contraception for women become common (the pill)
1970s
1980s
1960s
1950s
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Migration: How many people migrated to Britain from the 1st January to the 1st of March 2016?
1.3 million
3.3 million
333
333, 000
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Decline in the death rate: Which one is not a factor?
Improved nutrition
Fast food
Medical improvements
Smoking
15
Definition: Treating people stereotypical based on age group is called?
Negative attitudes
Negative labelling
Ageism
Discrimination
16
Global migration: Why is Trump threatening to build a wall?
To keep the Mexicans in
To keep Americans safe at home
To keep the Mexicans out
To keep the Russians out
17
What age range does the total fertility rate define as a woman's fertile years?
15-44
15-45
16-45
18-48
18
A positive factor for an ageing population is...
A greater population balance
More older people to help
The need for more nursing homes
Intergenerational help with childcare
19
Which of these is an economic push factor?
better opportunities abroad
higher wages
more jobs
unemployment
20
Migration: What will Brexit mean for migration for migration into the UK?
Members of the E.U will not be allowed to enter the UK
No -one will be allowed to enter the UK
Members of the E.U will still be allowed to enter the UK
Nothing
21
Postmodernists say...
Age is much more important in our society today
Boundaries between age groups are much more powerful
Fixed stages of age have broken down and a more mixed
Age is much less important in society today
22
Decline in the death rate: Which factor has not contributed to the decline in the death rate?
Better health care
Better social conditions e.g improved housing conditions
Better nutrition & knowledge
Ageing population
23
Migration: What is multiculturalism?
The rejection by society of different cultures
The acceptance in society of different cultures
The mixing up of different cultures
The rejection of mixing up of cultures
24
What impact does child centredness have on birth rate?
Increase
Decline
A mixture of all of these
No impact
25
Decline in the death rate: The main diseases causing death after the 1950s were...
Heart disease
Infectious disease
Cancers
Measles
26
Decline in the death rate: Working class people die younger than middle class people. Why?
Working class people live in the north of England
Generally eat foods higher in sugar and fat
Higher rates of smoking
They are not interested in health care
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The decline in the death rate: A definition is...
The number of deaths per 10, 000 of the poulation
The number of deaths per 1000 of the population
The number of deaths per 100 of the population
The number of deaths per 100, 000 population
