High Fertility
1. What was your high fertility rate country and what was its fertility rate?
My high fertility rate country was Africa, with a fertility rate of 5.90.
2. What was your low fertility rate country and what was its fertility rate?
My low fertility country was Europe, with a fertility rate of 1.60.
3. The initial demographic "shape" of your high fertility rate country should have been a pyramid, with high population in young age groups. Explain why high fertility rate results in a high percentage of young people in the population. How does this affect future population growth?
More women are entering the reproductive years then older women leaving them, resulting in a higher population of younger people. Unfortunately, this results in a very high population in the future.
4. Your low fertility rate country might have had a more oval-shaped curve with high population in middle age groups. This is especially exaggerated if the fertility rate is below 2.00. Explain why low fertility rate leads to lots of middle-aged people.
If not as many people are having kids, there are lower amounts of younger people, resulting in more middle aged people.
5. Write ten adjectives or descriptive phrases for what you might expect life, people's attitudes, conditions on the streets, etc. will be like in each of those situations. Imagine a situation with lots of middle-aged and older people in the population and write ten quick "brain-storm" descriptors for you think it would be like (Prescott, Arizona?). Then do the same for a situation with lots of children in the population.
low fertilization high fertilization
1. strict 1. crazy
2. lazy 2. fast paced
3. nice 3. mean
4. laid back 4. uptight
5. slow paced 5. urban
6. suburban 6. messy
7. movie like 7. helpless
8. peaceful 8. overload
9. beautiful 9. obese
10. helping 10. loud
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