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Cultural Geography
Chapter 12
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
07/18/2013

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3 types of services are
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consumer, business, and public
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service
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an activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it
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four main types of consumer services are
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retail, education, health, leisure
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business services
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facilitate other businesses
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3 main types of business services are
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professional, financial, and transportation
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public services
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provide security and protection for citizens and businesses. about 16% of all US jobs are in the public sector
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about __ of public schools employees were excluded from the total and counted instead under education (consumer) services
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9 %
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___ of public sector of employees work for the federal govt
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1/6th
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the growth in employment is the US has been in ___
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services.
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However, employment in ___ and ___ sector activities has declined
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primary and secondary
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business services
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jobs expanded in professional services
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consumer services
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the most rapid growth has occured in the provisions of health care ie hospital staff, clinics, nursing homes, etc
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public services
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share of employment in public services. this has declined during the past 2 decades
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