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| cultural carrying capacity |
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| an optimum level that would allow most people to live in reasonable comfort and freedom without impairing the ability of the planet to sustain future generation |
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| calculated by subtracting the number of people leaving a population (through death and emmigration) from the number entering (through birth and immigration) during a specific period of time (usually a year) |
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| the number of live births per 1,000 people |
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| the number of deaths per 1,000 people |
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| the number of children born to a woman during her lifetime |
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| replacement-level fertility rate |
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| the average number of children that couples in a population must bear to replace themselves |
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| total fertility rate (TFR) |
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| the average number of children born to women in a population during their reproductive years |
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| the number of children per 1,000 live births who die before one year of age |
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| the average number of years an infant can expect to live |
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| the distribution of males and females among age groups in a population |
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| a hypothesis of population change. Involves four transitions (preindustrial, transitional, industrial, and postindustrial) |
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| preindustrial stage of demographic transition |
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| population grows very slowly because of a high birth rate and a high death rate |
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| transitional phase of demographic transition |
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| population grows rapidly because birth rates ate high and death rates drop |
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| industrial stage of demographic transition |
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| population growth slows as both birth and death rates drop |
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| postindustrial stage of demographic transition |
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| population growth levels off and then declines as birth rates equal and then fall below death rates |
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| provides educational and clinical services that help couples choose how many children to have and when to have them |
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