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What is infant mortality rate.
Number of deaths in children under the age of 1yr. per 1000 live births.
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What is exponential growth.
This is the term for an accelerating rate of growth
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What is population density.
Number of people per unit area or measurement.
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What is family planning.
Attempt to make rational decisions on how many children to have and when?
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What is illegal migration.
Entering another country without permission and with plans to stay there
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What is crude birth rate.
Number of births per 1000 people in a given population.
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What is dependency ratio
Number of people below 15 plus number of people above 64 divided by number of people in between.
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What is population momentum.
When a population continues to grow or fall despite a change in birth rate.
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What is migration.
Movement of people, involving a change of residence.
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What is economic migrant.
Person who seeks a better chance to earn a living.
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What is child mortality rate.
Number of deaths in children under the age of 5 per 1000 live births
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What is the Malthusian Theory?
Theory stating that population growth is bad as it will outpace resources, especially food.
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What is optimum population.
A population number that produces the best results according to a given goal.
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What is remittance.
Transfer of money or goods by foreign workers to their home countries.
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What is internally displaced person.
One who has fled their homes but continue to live in their own countries.
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What is Annual growth rate
Difference between crude death rate and crude birth rate; given as a %.
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What is Boserup Theory.
Theory stating that population growth is good, and that it fosters innovation to meet resource demands.
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What is population distribution.
Pattern of where people live.
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What is refugee.
Person fleeing their home country in order to escape danger
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What is tenure.
The way in which the rights, restrictions, and responsibilities that people have held with respect to land and property are held.
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What is Age-specific birth rate (ASBR)
Number of births per 1000 women in any specific age group
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What is Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
the average number of children born per female if all females lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to the age-specific fertility rates for that area and period.
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What is Older Dependency Ratio.
Number of people aged 65+ for every person aged 20-64.
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What are asylum seekers.
People who seek refugee status in another country, often for political reasons.
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What is malnutrition.
When one has enough to eat but it not the right balance of eating.
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