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Demography
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Study of human population
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Fertility
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Incidence of child-bearing in a country's population
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Crude birth rate
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# of live births of given yr------------------------------- x 1000mid year populations
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Mortality
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Incidence of death in society's population
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Crude death rate
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# of deaths of given yr------------------------------- x 1000mid year populations
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Sex ratio
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# of males : 100 females in nation's population
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Age sex pyramid
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Graphic representation of age & sex of population
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Demographic transition theory
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notestein's thesis that population patterns reflect a society's level of technological development
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Zero population growth
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Level of reproduction that maintains population in a steady state
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Urbanization
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Concentration of population in cities
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Metropolis
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Large city dominating surrounding area socially & economically
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Suburbs
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Urban areas beyond political boundaries of city
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Megalopolis
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Vast region containing # of cities & surrounding suburbs
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Gemeinschaft
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Rural area - social organization where people are closely related by kinship & tradition
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Gesellschaft
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Urban area - social organization where people are closely related by individual self interest
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