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Is China's one child policy a success? quantitatively? qualitatively?
Quantative failure but qualitative success. Girls were being abandoned, however the numbers were decreasing.
Is global population growing?
yes, 80 million annually.
How many people are added to the population every second?
2.6
Is PGR (pop growth rate) stable or unchanging?
it's decreasing and leveling off
How is population doubling time determined?
70 divided by PGR
What is demography?
The application of principles from population ecology to the study of statistical change in human populations.
what is the u.s. population? what is China's?
320 million : 1.3 billion
what is IPAT and what does it tell us?
Influence = population x Affluence x Technology
What is Notestein's Demographic Transition Model? What are it's four stages?
It is a process that has taken some populations from a preindustrial stage of high birth rates and death rates to a stage of low birth and death rates.

1. pre industrial stage
2. transitional stage
3. industrial stage
4. post industrial stage
what is Total Fertility Rate , tfr?
The average number of children born per woman during her lifetime.

A statistic demographers calculate to examine a populations potential for growth.
what is replacement fertility?
The TFR that keeps the size of a population stable.

For humans, replacement fertility roughly equals a TFR of 2.1 ( two kids replace the mother and father, the extra .1 accounts for the risk of the child dying before reproductive age.)
What are the age structure diagrams and population pyramids?
Pyramids:
1. normal triangle = growing
2. inverted triangle or upside down = shrinking
3. square = stable
What is the significance of the 1994 UN Population conference in Cairo?
Universal access to reproductive care
What are the books two major reasons for optimism?
1. Rate of growth is leveling off
2. Empowerment of women worldwide