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| Those who believe that the world is characterized by scarcity and competition in which too may people fight for too few resources. Named for Thomas Malthus, who predicted a dismal cycle of mistery, vice, and starvation as a result of human overpopulation. (78) |
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| Encompasses vital statistics about people, such as births, deaths, and where they live, as well as total population size. |
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| The number of births in a year per thousand persons. (81) |
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| Number of children born to an average woman in a population during her entire reproductive life. (81) |
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| Number of children born to an average woman in a population during her entire reproductive life. |
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| Zero Population Growth (ZPG) |
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| Birth plus immigration in a society equals death plus emigration. (81) |
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| The number of deaths per thousan persons in a given year. (82) |
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| The average age that a newborn infant can expect to attain in any given society. (83) |
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| Factors that increase people's desires to have babies. |
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| A pattern of falling death rates and birth rates in response to imporved living conditions; could be reversed in deteriorating conditions. (86) |
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| A pattern of falling death rates and birth rates in response to imporved living conditions; could be reversed in deteriorating conditions. (86) |
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| Allows couples to determine the number and spacing of their children. (88) |
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| Any method used to reduce births. (89) |
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