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affluence
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the state of having plentiful wealth; the possession of money, goods, or property.
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IPAT equation
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Impact=population x affluence x technology
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Urban Area
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an area that contains more than 385 people per sq kilometer, or 1000 peeps per sq mile
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GDP
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A measure of the value of all products and services produced in a country in a year.
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Demography
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The study of human populations and trends
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Demographers
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a scientist in the field of demography
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Immigration
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the movement of people into a country or region, having come from another country or region
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emigration
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the movement of people out of a country or region, to settle in another country or region.
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Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
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The number of births per 1000 individs per year
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Crude Death Rate (CDR)
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The number of Deaths per 1000 individs per year
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doubling time
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the number of years it takes for a population to double
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total fertility rate
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an estimate of the average number of children that each woman in the population will bear throughout her childbearing years.
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Replacement-level fertility
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The total fertility rate required to offset the average number of deaths in a population in order to maintain the current population size
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developed countries
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a country with relatively high levels of industrialization and income
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developing countries
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a country with relatively low levels of industrialization and income
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life expectancy
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The average number of years that an infant born in a particular country can be expected to live, given the current average life and death rate in that country
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infant mortality
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the number of deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 live births
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child mortality
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the number of deaths of children under age 5 per 1000 live births
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age structure diagram
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a diagram that shows the numbers of individuals within each age category, typically expressed for males and females separately
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Population pyramid
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an age structure diagram that is widest at the bottom and smallest at the top, typical of developing countries
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population momentum
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continued population growth that doesn't slow in response to growth reduction measures
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net migration rate
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the difference between immigration and emigration in a given year per 1000 people in a country
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family planning
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The practice of regulating the number or spacing of offspring through the use of birth control
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