UNIT 4 LAB- Demographics Lab

UNIT 4 LAB- Demographics

Graph above is the World and France- Low fertility rate




Graph above is the World and Africa- High fertility rate.



1. What was your high fertility rate country and what was its fertility rate? I used Africa and the rate was 5.90. click on the bottom graph to visualize.

2. What was your low fertility rate country and what was its fertility rate? I used France and the rate was 1.80. Click on the top graph to visualize.

3. The initial demographic "shpae" of your high fertility rate country should have been a pyramid, with high population in young age groups. Explain why high fertility rate results in a high percentage of young people in the population. How does this affect future population growth? Basically since the high fertility rate is in low developed countries, younger people do not have the income/knowledge for the use of contraception, or they are not familiar with Family planning. Which in fact has recently helped lower the fertility rate. The increase in fertility will obviously keep adding to our population growth.

4. Your low fertility rate country might have had a more oval-shaped curve with high population in middle age groups. This is especially exaggerated if the fertility rate is below 2.00. Explain why low fertility rate leads to lots of middle-aged people. While briefly reading articles about the different age groups I found an interesting point. More women are delaying having children till their middle-aged years, due to the fact that females are more involved in the work force and are continuing with education. Another reason may be because of the increased values; such as land,health care, education, and general needs. Also it is noted that more women in this class use contraceptives and are involved in family classes.

5. Write ten adjectives or descriptive phrases for what you might expect life, people'es attitudes, conditions on the streets, will be like for the following: low fertility rate

Middle-aged/older people: Most are content with life, for others nothing goes their way, well experienced, wealthy, streets are clean, know-it-all attitude, need assistance NOW, offer good advice, some kind while others rude, in this town RETIREMENT.

Children: Happy, living a care-free world, busy bodies, imaginiations, well provided for, well educated, take unkown risks, tend not to follow parents rules, careless, noisy.