Population characteristics

Cards (8)

  • Population characteristics
    Qualities and characterisation of various types of populations within a social or geographic group, with emphasis on demography, health status, and socioeconomic factors.
  • Economic
    • Income
    • Class
    • (Un)employment rate
  • Education
    • Literacy rates
    • League tables
    • Degrees and qualifications
  • Culture
    Language
  • Demographics
    • Age
    • Gender
    • Ethnicity
  • Population characteristics vary from place to place and time to time
  • Cultural diversity
    The existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society
  • Social clustering
    A group of people coming together based on shared social factors, such as race, religion, culture and ethnicity
    • By choice rather than chance
    • Leads to economic benefits