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BIO121-ch8

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demographic transition   movement of a nation from high population growth to low population growth, as it develops economically  
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demographic trap   situation that occurs when falling living standards reinforce the prevailing high fertility, which in turn reinforces the decline in living standards  
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demographic fatigue   condition characterized by lack of financial resources and an inability to deal effectively with threats such as natural catastrophes and disease outbreaks  
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population policy   any planned course of action taken by a govt. designed to influence its constituents’ choices or decisions on fertility or migration  
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pronatalist policy   policy that encourages increased fertility, higher birth rate, and larger family size  
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antinatalist policy   policy that encourages lower fertility, a lower birth rate, and a smaller family size  
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family planning   encompasses wide variety of measures enable parents 2 ctrl the # of kids they have & spacing of their kid’s births; includes education in human sexuality, hygiene, prenatal and postnatal care, and preconception and post conception birth control measures  
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abortion   termination of pregnancy after the embryo has become implanted in the lining of the uterine wall  
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