Deck 3: Measuring Populations: Mortality, Fertility, and Migration

Question 1

In order for a human population to reach replacement level

A) The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) must be slightly above 2.0.
B) The Net Reproduction Rate (NRR) must be slightly above 2.0.
C) The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) must be slightly above 2.0.
D) The Gross Reproduction Rate (GRR) must be slightly above 2.0.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The Total Fertility Rate

A) Shows the average number of children borne by women just completing their reproductive years.
B) Is an artificial rate and does not reflect the reproductive experience of any single cohort of women.
C) Shows the average number of daughters borne by women just completing their reproductive years.
D) Has increased slightly in Eastern Europe thus contributing to the population momentum.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

A country with growth rate of 3% will double its population in

A) 15 years
B) 10 years
C) 23 years.
D) 35 years.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In demography, a woman's ability to reproduce is called

A) Fertility
B) Maternity
C) Duplicity
D) Fecundity

Question 5

When one discusses the number of people contracting the HIV infection this year, one would refer to its

A) Cause-specific morbidity
B) Prevalence
C) Incidence
D) Fecundity.

Question 6

A quick way to approximate a population's doubling time is to divide 70 by the growth rate expressed as a percent. Assume the world's growth rate is 1.3. What is its doubling time?

A) 46 years
B) 74 years
C) 54 years
D) 62 years.

Question 7

Age Sex Pyramids. Which of the following statements is not true?

A) Males are on the left and females are on the right.
B) The age-sex pyramids for most developing countries are shaped like triangles.
C) The age-sex pyramids for most developed countries are shaped like inverted triangles.
D) Age sex pyramids illustrate the potential for population momentum.

Question 8

In the United States, a census of the population is conducted every____ years.

A) 25
B) 20
C) 10
D) 5

Question 9

Vital registration systems collect data by

A) Sampling
B) Surveys
C) The census
D) Individual records

Question 10

Ignoring migration, the difference between births and deaths in a particular population is called

A) Natural increase
B) Population explosion
C) Net population
D) Productivity

Question 11

Worldwide, what percentage of the population lives in country other than the one in which they were born?

A) 1.2 percent
B) 3.1 percent
C) 10.1 percent
D) 15.3 percent

Question 12

"De jure" enumeration and "de facto" enumeration are two different ways that census data can be collected in any country. Which of the following statements is true?

A) "De jure" counts everyone who is legally a resident on the day of the census.
B) "De facto" counts everyone who is who is in fact present, regardless of whether they are legally resident in the place.
C) The American census uses a combination of "de jure" and "de facto" enumeration.
D) All of the above.

Question 13

Over the past 100 years, life expectancy has steadily grown in most populations. Which of the following is an exception to that statement?

A) sub Saharan Africa
B) Mexico
C) Russia, especially for men
D) Both a and c.

Question 14

The demographic equation does not include this factor.

A) Income
B) Births
C) Deaths
D) Migration

Question 15

The dependency ratio

A) Shows the population depending on agriculture for their livelihood.
B) Is the proportion of the population that is too old or too young to work divided by the working age population.
C) Shows the percentage of the working age population that is in higher education.
D) Is the proportion of the population that does not grow its own food.

Question 16

The sex ratio is the number of females per 100 males.

Question 17

Most countries do not have registration systems for migration.

Question 18

Undocumented migrants are more likely to be over numerated that under numerated by the census.

Question 19

The general fertility rate takes the age structure of a population into account.

Question 20

At the global level, net migration is irrelevant to population growth.

Question 21

The median age in most developing countries is higher than the median age in most developed countries.

Question 22

Population momentum is the reason that countries keep growing for several decades after replacement level fertility has been reached.

Question 23

The crude death rate takes the age structure of a population into account.

Question 24

Most demographers do not collect population data themselves.

Question 25

The NRR is always greater than the GRR.

Question 26

Replacement TFRs are higher in high mortality populations.

Question 27

In 2010, the United States had the largest stock of immigrants of all countries worldwide, with 39 million immigrants.

Question 28

The percentage of foreign born person in the U.S. peaked in 2010.

Question 29

College students are likely to be over-numerated in the census.

Question 30

Survey data are perfect substitutes for vital registrations.