SOC 3650

Based on what you know about T.R. Malthus' theory about population growth, what do you think the term "Malthusian Population Prediction" means?

population growth will be checked by famine, disease, and widespread mortality

Natural increase is:

the difference between the number of births and the number of deaths in a population the balance between in-migrants and out-migrants

Who is John Graunt?

the father of demography - he used the "Bills of Mortality" from English church registers to conduct the first systematic study of populations

Population pyramids show the age and sex distribution of a population. Populations that are rapidly growing have pyramids resembling which shape?

triangle (wide base at bottom, point at top)

The two divisions of demography are formal demography and social demography.

true

Which of the following types of data are used by demographers?

vital statistics census survey

Approximately how many people are in the United States population today?

328 million

Approximately how many people are in the world today?

7.5 billion

Which of the following is a cause of death that actually appeared in John Graunt's Observations Made Upon the Bills of Mortality?

All of the above, including the ones that sound made-up

Who first made the (somewhat dubious) claim that "demography is destiny?"

August Comte

Based on the map of per capita alcohol consumption worldwide (hint: it's near the end of the "What is Demography?" PowerPoint presentation), which of the following statements is true:

The people living in Portugal, Eastern Europe, and Russia REALLY know how to have a good time (i.e., they drink a lot)

What is meant by the statement "we are all population actors"?

demography studies population-level trends of very personal-level decisions and events (fertility, mortality, migration, marriage)

Demography is the study of the size and distribution of human populations. What are the three processes that affect population size and distribution?

fertility, migration, mortality

If a population has NEGATIVE net migration,

fewer people are moving into the country than are moving out of the country

The US Census uses what type of methodology:

household, de jure

The US Census

is used to apportion the 435 House of Representatives equitable to ensure equal representation by government officials was first conducted in 1790, and then every 10 years after that cost $13.1 billion to conduct in 2010 (which was actually 11% under budget!)

Demography is _______________

study of populations

Hans Rosling opens his essay on "factfulness" with an anecdote about:

swallowing swords

The world population datasheet is a resource providing a snapshot of population characteristics of the world's nations. It is created and published by:

Population Reference Bureau