Term | Definition |
Phenomenon | the object of a person's perception; what the senses or the mind notice |
Health Care | the maintenance and improvement of physical and mental health, especially through the provision of medical services |
Outliers | a person or thing situated away or detached from the main body or system |
Family planning | the practice of controlling the number of children in a family and the intervals between their births, particularly by means of artificial contraception or voluntary sterilization |
Contraceptives | a device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy |
Economics | the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth |
Politics | the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power |
Sociocultural | combining social and cultural factors |
alleviate | make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe |
stabilization | the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable |
Education | the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university |
Primary Education | first stage of compulsory education. It is preceded by pre-school or nursery education and is followed by secondary education. In North America, this stage of education is usually known as elementary education and is generally followed by middle school |
Secondary Education | education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school |
Higher education | education beyond high school, especially at a college or university. |
Gender empowerment | greater decision-making power and control over one’s life and other processes |
Integrated | combine (one thing) with another so that they become a whole. |
Doubling time | quantity to double in size or value. It is applied to population growth |
Replacement level in terms of CBR | The level of fertility at which a couple has only enough children to replace themselves. |
Age dependency ratio | The ratio of persons in the ages defined as dependent (under 15 years and over 64 years) to persons in the ages defined as economically productive (15-64 years) in a population |
Baby boomers | A dramatic increase in fertility rates and in the absolute number of births in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand during the period following World War II (1947-1961) |
Indicative | serving as a sign or indication of something. |
Urbanization | Growth in the proportion of a population living in urban areas |
Zero population growth | A population in equilibrium, with a growth rate of zero, achieved when births plus immigration equal deaths plus emigration |
Negative population growth | The state of population decline |
advantageous | involving or creating favorable circumstances that increase the chances of success or effectiveness; beneficial |