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Sociology
Sociology Chapter 16
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Population | a group of people living in a particular place at a specified time |
| Demography | the scientific study of population |
| Fertility | a measure of the number of children born to a woman or a population of women |
| Fecundity | the maximum rate at which women can physically produce children |
| Crude Birth Rate | the annual number of live births per one thousand members of a population |
| Fertility Rate | the annual number of live births per one thousand women aged fifteen to forty-four |
| Total Fertility Rate | average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime |
| Mortality | deaths within a population |
| Life Span | the most advanced age to which humans can survive |
| Life Expectancy | the average number of years that persons in a give population born at a particular time can expect to live |
| Crude Death Rate | the annual number of deaths per thousand members of a population |
| Infant Mortality Rate | the annual number of deaths among infants under one year of age per one thousand live births |
| Exponential Growth | growth in which the amount of increase is added to the base figure each time period |
| Demographic Transition Theory | theory that population growth is a function of the level of economic developement in a country |
| Zero Population Growth | situation in which deaths are balanced by births so that the population does not increase |
| Population Momentum | inability to stop population growth immediatley because of previous high rate of growth |
| Replacement Level | birth rate at which a couple replaces itself without adding to the population |
| Population Control | attempts by government to control birth rates |
| Family Planning | the voluntary use of population control methods |
| Population Pyramid | a graphic representative of the age and sec composition of a population |
| Dependency Ratio | the ratio of dependent persons to economically active persons |
| City | dense and permanent concentration of people living in a specific area and working primarily in nonagricultural jobs |
| Urbanization | process by which an increasingly larger portion of the world's population lives in the cities |
| Overurbanization | situation in which a city cannot supply adequate jobs and housing for its inhabitants |
| Suberbanization | loss of population of a city to surrounding areas |
| Central-city Dilemma | concentration of people in need of public services without tax base-generated money to provide for them |
| Gentrification | the developement of low-income areas by middle-class homebuyers, landlords, and professional developers |
| Edge City | a suburban unit specializing in a particular economic activity |
| Urban Ecology | the study of the relationships between humans and city environments |
| Concentric Zone Theory | theory that describes urban growth in terms of circular areas that grow from the central city outward |
| Sector Theory | theory that emphasizes the importance of transportation routes in the process of urban growth |
| Multiple Nuclei Theory | theory that focuses on specific geographic or historical influences on urban growth |
| Peripheral Theory | theory that emphasizes the growth of suburbs around the central city |
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