REVIEWER: CHAPTER 10 - Planned Parenthood
DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION Family Planning Information
Artificial Birth Control
BASIC CONCEPTS Re-education of people
Population: Total number of people in a POPULATION AS HUMAN RESOURCE
defined area.
-Human Resource: Natural resources made
Population Growth: Increase in the number of useful by people's demands and abilities.
people.
-Human Capital: Skills, knowledge, and
Demography: Scientific study of population. experience possessed by individuals.
Demographers: Experts who analyze trends POPULATION AND GLOBALIZATION
and changes in population.
Effects of Globalization on Population:
CURRENT STATISTICS Economic structure
World Population: 7.8 Billion Job opportunities
Urbanization
Philippines Population: 109,581,078 Levels of literacy
(including deaths and emigration) Women's status
THREE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENTS Healthcare systems
OF DEMOGRAPHY Population's Influence on Globalization:
Fertility: Birth rate in a population. Trade
Measured using the crude birth rate Foreign investments
(live births per 1,000 people per year). International migration
Mortality: Death rate in a population. MALTHUSIAN THEORY (Thomas Robert
Malthus)
Also measured by crude rate.
-Population grows exponentially; food supply
Migration: Movement of people from grows arithmetically.
one place to another.
Positive Checks: Natural forces like disease
Immigration: Entering a country and famine.
Emigration: Leaving a country. Preventive Checks: Moral restraints, birth
control.
OVERPOPULATION
Criticisms:
-Occurs when the population exceeds the
ecological carrying capacity. - Increased food production due to
technology and globalization.
EFFECTS OF OVERPOPULATION
Poverty among children - Population growth varies across regions.
High fertility rates ZERO POPULATION GROWTH (ZPG) by Paul
Reduced life expectancy Ehrlich
Low literacy levels
Population remains constant when births +
High unemployment rates
immigration = deaths + emigration.
Inadequate arable land
Minimal food surplus
POPULATION CONTROL METHODS How It Works:
Lower fertility = lower growth rate
TFR (Total Fertility Rate): Average children
per woman
First World countries tend to achieve ZPG
more easily
How to Achieve:
Delay childbearing
Birth control
Family planning
CORNUCOPIAN THEORY
Belief that technology can indefinitely
sustain human growth and resources.
Criticisms:
- Ignores resource limits
- Environmental degradation
- Technological limitations
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION THEORY
(Frank W. Notestein)
Explains how fertility and mortality affect age
distribution and growth.
Four Stages:
Stage 1: Pre-Transition - High birth and death
rates
Stage 2: Early Transition - Death rate falls,
birth rate remains high
Stage 3: Late Transition - Birth rates decline
Stage 4: Post-Transition - Low birth and death
rates, population stabilizes