Population Vocab

263042972	Baby Boom	population of individuals born between the years 1946-1964
263042973	Census	count of the number of people in a country, region, or city
263042974	CBR	Crude Birthrate, ratio of the number of live births in a single year for every thousand people in the population
263042975	CDR	Crude Death rate, the number of deaths in a single year for every thousand people in the population
263042976	Demography	the study of the characteristics of human populations
263042977	Doubling time	measure of how long it will take the population of an area to grow to twice its current size
263042978	Cohort	a group of individuals who share a common temporal demographic experience
263042979	Population density	a numerical measure of the relationship between the number of people and some other unit of interest expressed as a ratio
263042980	Population Pyramid	bar graph with vertical line in the middle, measuring not only population but also a society in time
263042981	Carrying Capacity	the maximum number of users that can be sustained, over the long term, by a given set of natural resources
263042982	Infant Mortality Rate	annual number of deaths of infants under one year of age compared to the total number of live births for that same year
263042983	"Overpopulation"	too much population
263042984	Rate of Natural Increase	the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate of a population
263042985	Immigration	a move to another location
263042986	Emigration	a move from a particular location
263042987	Assimilate	Absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture: "pop trends are assimilated into the mainstream
263042988	Accommodate	Provide lodging or sufficient space for.
263042989	Distance Decay	the rate at which a particular activity or process diminishes with increasion distance
263042990	Chain	refers to the social process by which immigrants from a particular town follow others from that town to a particular city or neighborhood, whether in an immigrant receiving country or in a new, usually urban, location in the home country.
263042991	Forced	movement by an individual against his or her will
263042992	Intervening Opportunities	The existence of a closer, less expensive opportunity for obtaining a good or service, or for a migration destination. Such opportunities lessen the attractiveness of more distant places.
263042993	Guest Workers	A person with temporary permission to work in another country, esp. in Germany.
263042994	Refugees	A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
263042995	Thomas Malthus	an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834).
263042996	Pro Natal	An attitude or policy that encourages childbearing.
263042997	Demographic Momentum	the phenomenon of continued population increase despite reduced reproductive rates.
263042998	Ecumene	is a term originally used in the Greco-Roman world to refer to the inhabited universe (or at least the known part of it).
263042999	Total Fertility Rate	The ratio of total live births to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time. The birthrate is often expressed as the number of live births per 1,000 of the population per year
263043000	Generation X	The generation following the post-World War II baby boom, especially people born in the United States and Canada from the early 1960s to the late 1970s.