Fourteen week posting: Demography
Name: Hyeon Jong, Song
Date: December 3rd, 2016
1) summary
Today, I read demography article and I summarize it. Demography is the study of population to explain social phenomena. This demography began in the 18th century. Demographics relies on long-term census and population statistics. The most important indicators of these statistics are birth and mortality. Fertility, Fecundity, and mortality indicators are important for these statistics. And the theory that explains the transition of these indicators is The Demographic Transition. This theory is well explained by the graphs in the article. In stage 1, fertility and mortality remain unchanged, but from stage 2, mortality rates begin to shrink dramatically. The fertility rate starts to decrease from the third level. Meanwhile, the total population continues to increase. These graphs show an ideal and comprehensive picture of population change. As time went by, the overpopulation began to appear. Population overload has many problems. Natural resources can be depleted, lack of arable land, war for scarce resources, dangers of dots in dense populations, and so on. The ways to solve these problems include empowering women, and economic development. Demography includes studies on migration and urbanization.
2) mention
I studied demography today. Demography is a really exciting theory. To this day, fertility rates have risen and mortality has declined, creating the total population today. But the birth rate is getting smaller. This seems to be due to changes in values and avoidance of childbirth. Not only population surplus is a big problem, but also it seems that the problem of decreasing the total population is problematic. We must solve the problems of low fertility, so we can keep the total population without decreasing.
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3) Question
And I have one question for you. What is the solution to the low birthrate?
I think there are many solutions of low birthrate. First is advanced welfare policy. Second, unburden peoples economic burden. Last, televise birth encouragement program.
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