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AP human
MODULE 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| population composition | the makeup of the population by age and sex as well as by ethnic, racial, income, and educational background. |
| age structure | refers to the breakdown of a population into different age groups or cohorts |
| example of cohorts | pre-reproductive(0-14), reproductive(15-49), post-reproductive(50 years and older) |
| dependency ratio | the number of dependents in a population, that each 100 working-age people (ages 15 to 64 years) must support. |
| youth dependency ratio | the number of elderly dependents in a population (usually people younger than 15 years of age) that every working-age people must support |
| elderly dependency ratio | the number of elderly dependents in a population (usually people older than 64 years of age) that every 100 working-age people must support |
| high child dependency | higher than 45% youth dependency ratio, lower than 15% elderly dependency ratio |
| moderate child dependency | between 29-45% youth dependency ratio, lower than 15% elderly dependency ratio |
| double dependency | between 29-45% youth dependency ratio, higher than 15% elderly dependency ratio |
| high elderly dependency | lower than 29% youth dependency ratio, higher than 15% elderly dependency ratio |
| low overall dependency | lower than 29% youth dependency ratio, lower than 15% elderly dependency ratio |
| generations | groups of people who were born around the same time and share some common traits due to cultural and societal influences they shared as they grew up |
| GI generation | Americans born before 1924, who lived through the great depression and world war II |
| silent generations | born between 1924 and 1945 and relatively is small because people had fewer children in difficult times |
| baby boomers | people born from 1946 to 1964 during the post world war II uptick in birth rate |
| gen x | people born between 1965 and 1980 and are now in their prime working years |
| gen y | eople who were born between 1981 and 2000; often referred to as milenials |
| gen z | people born after the turn of the twenty-first century |
| gen alpha | 2010-2024, you are the first generation to be entirely born in the 21st century |
| sex ratio | the ratio of the women to the number of men in a population |
| androcentrism |
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