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Sociology Ch. 19 Vocab
Dr. Tribble's ch.19 vocabulary
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
11/22/2010

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age-adjusted death rate
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the number of deaths occurring at each age for each sex, per 100,000 people of that age who are living
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age-sex composition
Definition
the number of men and women in the population, along with their ages
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census
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an official count of the number of people in a given area
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demographic transition
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the change from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates with a period of rapid population growth in between. (This transition occurs as a society evolves from a traditional premodern stage to a modern industrial stage.)
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demography
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the statistical study of population, especially data on birth rates, death rates, marriage rates, health, and migration
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ecology
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the study of the interrelationships between living organisms and the environment
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emigration
Definition
movement of people out of an area
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fecundity
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a woman's potential for bearing children
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fertility
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a measure of the rate at which people are being born
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Going green
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the phrase that defines people who are mindful of what they consume, mindful of others, and who are working towards protecting the ecology both nationally and internationally
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immigration
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movement of people into an area
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Malthusian theory
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The theory proposed by Thomas Malthus stating that population expands much faster than the food supply, resulting in starvation for much of the population when it grows too large
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marriage squeeze
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the effects of an imbalance between the number of males and females in the prime marriage ages due to rising or falling birth rates and the median age differences at marriage
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migration
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movement of people into or out of an area
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mortality
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a measure of the rate at which people die
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neo-Malthusian theory
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revisions of Malthusian theory about food production and population growth that include more information, such as taking into account the effects of technology
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pull factors
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natural or social factors that cause people to move into an area
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push factors
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natural or social factors that cause people to move out of an area
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vital statistics
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records of all births ,deaths and their causes, marriages, divorces, and certain diseases in a society
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zero population growth
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a population policy that encourages parents to have no more than two children to limit the growth of the population
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1790
Definition
What year was the first census in the United States carried out?
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births, deaths, migration
Definition
3 factors that can cause the population to change
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