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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Age-sex composition graph | Another word for population pyramid, a graphical tool that displays the age and sex distribution of a population, offering insights into demographic trends, dependency ratios, and potential future population growth or decline |
| Population pyramid | a graphical tool that displays the age and sex distribution of a population, offering insights into demographic trends, dependency ratios, and potential future population growth or decline |
| cohorts | graphical tools that visually represent a population's age and sex structure, with each horizontal bar depicting a different age cohort |
| birth deficit | The bars of the pyramid representing children born during the conflict are often significantly shorter than the bars immediately above and below them |
| baby boom | Once hostilities end and peace resumes, the birth rate often spikes |
| baby bust | once the boom ends, birth rates are lower for a number of years |
| echo | When a high number of boomers in the population have children a bulge shows on the pyramid, it reflects earlier baby booms |
| Potential workforce | people 15-64, the group expected to be society’s labor force |
| dependent population | everyone else, people under 15 or under 64, because they are considered too young or old to work full time |
| Dependency ratio | the comparison between the potential workforce and the dependent population |
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