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27 Cards in this Set
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Nature of census- taking as a fundamental source of info
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Census gather data about population, distribution and contemporary issues - immigration -multicultural |
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Virtual statistics
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Data collected on births and deaths, and sometimes marriages, divorces, and abortions
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Administrative data
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Data collected for demographic analysis - immigration data - social security data - school enrollment data - tax return -moving company data -utility hookups and discounts |
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Sample survey
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Used to gather demographic data - less extensive geographical coverage that census of system of virtual registration |
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Historical data useful for demographic data
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- parish records and local docs -gravesite -genealogies -old census, virtual stat, administrative records |
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How and why worlds population is distributed
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-Less developed have more children but less food and unhealthy water making life expectancy shorter - more developed area have less children but longer life spends because of better water, healthier food, and better medical facilities |
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Demography
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Demographic science to practical problems ; any applied use of population stat
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Population process
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Fertility, mortality, and migration, the dynamic elements of demographic analysis
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Targeting
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Marketing technique of picking out particular sociodemographic characteristics and appealing to difference in consumer tastes an behaviors reflect in those particular characteristics
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Cluster marketing
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Identifying neighborhoods on the basis of a whole set of shared sociodemographics characteristics and using that info to market goods and services to people in the identified geographic area
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Redistricting
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Spatially redefining U.S. congressional district represented by seat in congress
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Population explosion
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A population referring to a rapid increase in the side of world population, especially the increase since ww2
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Double time
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The number of years required for a population to double in number if the current rate of birth continues
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hans rosling
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Host of the movie watched in class ( cont panic : the truth about population
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Census
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An official enumeration of a entire population, usually with details as to age, sec, occupation and other population characteristics
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De jure census
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People whit legally belting to a given area, regardless of whether they were there on day of census |
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De facto census
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People who are given territory on census day
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Coverage error
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The combination of undercount and over count
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Demographic analysis (DA)
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A method of evaluating the accuracy of census be estimating the demographic component of change since the previous census and comparing it with the new census count
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American community survey
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Ongoing measurement, survey conducted by the U.S. census bureau to track the detailed population characteristics of every American community
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administrative data
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Demographic info derived from administrative records, school enrollment and participation in government program
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Mercantilism
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The view that a nations wealth depends on its store of precious metal and that generate this kind if wealth as facilitated by population growth
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Positive checks
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Used by Malthus referred to factors that limit the side of human population by weakening or destroying the human life
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Preventive checks
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In Malthus writing any limit to birth, among which Malthus himself preferred moral restraints
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Neo Malthusian
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Person that accepts basic Malthusian premise that population growth tends to outstrip resources but unlike Malthus, believes that birth control measures are appropriate check to population growth
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modernization
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Societal development involving urbanization, industrialization, rising standards of living, better education, improves health that is typically associated with a western lifestyle and worldwide view. Early explanation of demographic transition
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Secularization
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A sprit of autonomy from other worldly prowlers; sense of responsibility for ones own well being
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