SOC309 KNOWLEDGE CHECK MODULE 8
The (total) dependency ratio is defined as the ratio between
(1) the sum of the number of children under 15 years old and number of persons 65 years of age or older and (2) the number of persons between age 15 and 64.
The country with the greatest number of people aged 65 and older is
China
A population projection and a population forecast refer to the same concept.
FALSE
All stationary populations are stable, and all stable populations are stationary.
FALSE
In most human societies more females are born than males.
FALSE
In the United States and much of the modern world, the age at which people retire from economic activities has come to be defined at age 65, which corresponds to the biological threshold of being old.
FALSE
Mexico is currently in the midst of its own "age dividend" or "demographic windfall."
FALSE
The dependency ratio measures the ratio of the population of working age to the population of dependent age.
FALSE
The impact of fertility decline is more to decrease the size of the population than to change the age structure.
FALSE
The majority of older people live in the more developed countries.
FALSE
The country with the highest % of people aged 65 and older is
Japan
Of the following countries, ______ has the youngest age structure.
Nigeria
Almost every aspect of human society varies by age and/or sex.
TRUE
In most human societies there are more women at the older ages than there are men.
TRUE
Population projections suggest that the United States will have an economically more favorable age structure in 2040 than will China.
TRUE
The impact of mortality decline is more to increase the size of the population than to change the age structure.
TRUE
The demographic dividend is associated with an age structure characterized by
a bulge in the working-age population
A key characteristic of the age transition is that it represents
a shift from a very young population to an older population.
The idea that different behavior is expected of people according to their age is an example of
age stratification
The most detailed approach to projecting a population is the _______ method.
cohort component
If you see an age pyramid that caves in at the younger ages, the most likely explanation is
declining fertility
The demographic process most responsible for the demographic dividend is a rapid
drop in fertility
The single most important influence on the percent of the population that is older is the
fertility rate
The common designation of age 65 as the beginning of old age is based largely on
historical custom
Cohort flow captures the idea that
historical events similarly affect people of the same age
Despite the decline in fertility in Mexico, that country will not experience the same demographic dividend as China because
its fertility decline has been much slower over time
The long-term impact of a fertility decline on the age structure is to
make it older
The early impact of mortality decline on the age structure is to
make it younger
A young age structure tends to have ____; whereas an older age structure tends to have ______.
more males than females; more females than males
If we are comparing the rate of pregnancy-related deaths among young adult women now with rates from 50 years ago, we are most likely trying to understand the
period effect
The short-term impact of an increase in migration on the age structure is to
produce a youth bulge
Population momentum is most influenced by the proportion of the population that is
reproductive-age women
The difference between the "third age" and the "fourth age" is largely a function of the
susceptibility to senescence
A stable population is a population in which
the age-sex structure of population remains constant
In studying the sex composition of a population, a common indicator used is the sex ratio, which indicates
the number of males per 100 females.
