How Wealth Influences Population (Leaving Cert Geography): Flashcards
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Relationship between wealth and birth rates
Relationship between wealth and birth rates
Higher income = lower birth rates; lower income = higher rates
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) definition
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) definition
Average number of children born to each woman
TFR replacement level
TFR replacement level
2.1 births per woman
Why wealthy countries have low birth rates
Why wealthy countries have low birth rates
Career opportunities, delayed births, high costs, education
Why poor countries have high birth rates
Why poor countries have high birth rates
Children as assets, early marriage, low education, high mortality
Marriage age for women in poor countries
Marriage age for women in poor countries
As young as 15 years old
Germany & Ethiopia population in 2008
Germany & Ethiopia population in 2008
Both had 82 million people
Ethiopia's annual population growth rate
Ethiopia's annual population growth rate
2.89% per year
Germany's annual population growth rate
Germany's annual population growth rate
-0.18% per year
Ethiopia's fertility rate (births per woman)
Ethiopia's fertility rate (births per woman)
5.23 births per woman
Germany's fertility rate (births per woman)
Germany's fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43 births per woman
Cost of raising child to 18 in Germany
Cost of raising child to 18 in Germany
£210,000
% of Germany's population over 65 (greying)
% of Germany's population over 65 (greying)
21%
% of Ethiopia's population in rural areas
% of Ethiopia's population in rural areas
Over 75%
% of Ethiopia's population under 20
% of Ethiopia's population under 20
Over 50%