Exam 8: The Age Transition and the Life Course

Of the following countries, ______ has the youngest age structure.

In most human societies, more females are born than males.

If we are comparing the rate of pregnancy-related deaths among young adult women now with rates from 50 years ago, we are most likely trying to understand the

The impact of fertility decline is more to decrease the size of the population than to change the age structure.

Discuss the way in which the health and mortality transition has helped to differentiate the older population into the third and fourth ages. What changes do you foresee in the older population by the time you get there, compared to the current situation?

Despite the decline in fertility in India, that country has not experienced the same demographic dividend as China because

The difference between the "third age" and the "fourth age" is largely a function of the

The single most important influence on the percent of the population that is older is the

Population projections suggest that the United States will have an economically more favorable age structure in 2035-2040 than will China.

Almost every aspect of human society varies by age and/or sex.

It seems backward that fertility levels affect the age structure more than mortality levels do, especially given the importance of declining mortality to all of the transitions. Discuss this seeming paradox, and show why it makes sense after all.

The U.S. baby boom generation has sometimes been called "a pig in a python." Describe how that metaphor might help us to understand the age transitions associated with cohort flows.

The dependency ratio measures the ratio of the population of working age to the population of dependent age.

The majority of older people live in the more developed countries.

The idea that different behavior is expected of people according to their age is an example of

Discuss how the changing age structure of the United States, as shown in Figure 8.9, has altered American society. What changes do you foresee if the age structure changes in the way suggested by the projection to 2040 in that graph? What might cause the actual age structure in 2040 to be different than projected?

The short-term impact of an increase in migration on the age structure is to

The demographic dividend has been heralded as one of the more positive aspects of the age transition. Discuss exactly what that means, and what a society has to do in order to cash in on this dividend.

The demographic process most responsible for the demographic dividend is a rapid

The impact of mortality decline is more to increase the size of the population than to change the age structure.