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Standard of Living
Standard of Living Vocabulary. 7th Howard.
Term | Definition |
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GDP | the total dollar value of all goods and services produced over a specific time period |
GDP per capita | a measure of average income per person in a country |
Literacy | the percentage of people who can read and write |
Life Expectancy | a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of their birth, their current age and other demographic factors |
Urbanization | the amount of land urbanized |
Physician Density | how many doctors live in a country |
School Life Expectancy | the total number of years of schooling that a child can expect to receive |
Population | the number of people living in a country |
Population Growth Rate | the percent by which the population either increased or decreased |
Suffrage | the right to vote in public, political elections |
Standard of Living | the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community |