Deck 7: Population

Question 1

Personalized family planning was initiated in the Matlab region of Bangladesh in the late 1970s; 20 years later,the region experienced all of the following EXCEPT:

A) fewer children with greater spacing between them.
B) healthier children.
C) greater prosperity.
D) greater difficulty in conceiving children.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The total fertility rate in Nigeria was 5.7 in 2009.This means that:

A) there were 5.7 live births per 100 women of childbearing age.
B) there were 5.7 live births per 100 women.
C) there were 5.7 live births per 100 people.
D) given prevailing age-specific fertility rates, the average woman in Nigeria bears 5.7 children during her reproductive years.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

By 2008,Finland had reached the fourth stage of its demographic transition,in which its population growth had fallen close to:

A) 5 percent.
B) 2.2 percent.
C) 0 percent.
D) -7.5 percent.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a lesson learned from China's family planning policy?

A) Economic growth at the same time helps decline in population growth.
B) Though successful, family planning policies may have long-term consequences.
C) Gender imbalance may result.
D) Other nations can replicate China's policies.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT considered a "school of thought" on population and development?

A) population optimism
B) population revisionism
C) population pessimism
D) population reactionism

Question 6

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Crude birth rate,total fertility rate

Question 7

As the twenty-first century moves forward,many nations in which area of the world will continue to face high fertility and the burdens (and opportunities)of a young population?

A) Latin America
B) Southeast Asia
C) sub-Saharan Africa
D) Central Europe

Question 8

China's decline in population over the past generation can be attributed to all of the following EXCEPT:

A) government population policies.
B) increased urbanization.
C) rapid economic growth.
D) the revival of the principles of Confucius and "social responsibility."

Question 9

The three reproductive norms promoted in China's wan xi shao program after 1971 included which of the following elements?

A) Families should plan for longer spacing between births.
B) Families should continue bearing children until a male child is born and then stop.
C) China can care for all children because it has achieved the Marxist-Leninist utopia.
D) Having no children is best.

Question 10

Most analysts still believe which of the following positions?

A) Most developing countries remain underpopulated because of the enormous gains in productivity made possible by modern science.
B) Slower population growth would permit per capita income to rise more rapidly in nearly all developing countries.
C) High rates of population growth benefit economic development.
D) There is no economic rationale for government intervention in population growth because individuals properly balance costs and benefits when making decisions about family size.

Question 11

Which of the following statements are true about total fertility rates over the past 40 years?

A) Higher rates of population growth are strongly associated with lower rates of economic growth.
B) Low-income countries have low dependency ratios.
C) Low-income countries have higher rates of population growth.
D) All of the above.

Question 12

Gary Becker's pioneering work was actually directed at:

A) understanding the impact of HIV/AIDS on Africa.
B) understanding the impact of the cold war on population momentum.
C) understanding declining fertility levels in the United States and other high-income economies.
D) understanding the impact of religious beliefs on population growth.

Question 13

World population will continue to grow over the next 50 years for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

A) the desire for large families.
B) the failure to achieve desired amount of children.
C) population momentum.
D) total fertility rates in all countries will remain above their replacement levels.

Question 14

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Rate of natural increase,decline in fertility

Question 15

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Dependency ratio,asset accumulation

Question 16

In 2009,approximately what percentage of the population lived in low-income countries?

A) 15 percent
B) 50 percent
C) 70 percent
D) 84 percent

Question 17

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Crude death rate,demographic transition

Question 18

According to United Nations' medium projections,population growth in the developing nations of the world will number some 2 billion more over the next:

A) 20 years.
B) 40 years.
C) 50 years.
D) 100 years.

Question 19

One direct implication of the view that childbearing decisions are influenced by economic benefits and costs is that:

A) people will not have additional children unless they can earn a profit from doing so.
B) social factors do not affect childbearing decisions.
C) compulsory education will increase fertility by raising each child's prospective earnings.
D) fertility should fall with improved opportunities for women to work in jobs outside the home.

Question 20

By missing women,economists mean:

A) orphaned women.
B) females who were not born because of preference for males.
C) women who are missing from households because they are working in fields.
D) women not accounted for by nationwide census.

Question 21

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
China,India

Question 22

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Family planning,state versus personal choice

Question 23

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
New household economics,child quality

Question 24

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Infant death rate,life expectancy

Question 25

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Implicit costs of children,explicit costs of children

Question 26

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Coale-Hoover model,capital widening