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Demography
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Birth rate
.number of
live births
per year per
thousand
of the
population
Infant mortality rate
.the number of babies who die per
thousand
live births during the
first
year of their lives
Fertility rate
.The number of
live births
per year per
thousand
women of
child bearing age
Total fertility rate
.the average number of
children
women in a given population will have during their life time
Death rate
The number of deaths per year
per thousand
of the population
Immigration
.
movement
of people in one country from another country for a period of
one year
or more
Emigration
The movement of people out of one country to another for a period of
one year
or more
Migration
The movement of people from one
country
from another country for a period of one
year
or more
Net migration
The differences between the number of
immigrants
and number of
emigrants
resulting in a
net loss
of
net gain
in population
Dependency ratio
The ratio of those who are not of
working age
(young and elderly )to those of working age (
19-64
)
Beanpole family
A family in which there are strong
intergenerational
links between children ,parents and grandchildren but weaker
intragenerational
links
