Human Population Lab
1. What was your high fertility rate country and what was its fertility rate?
My high fertility rate country Haiti with a rate of 6.20 Children.2. What was your low fertility rate country and what was its fertility rate?
My low fertility rate country is Australia at 1.80 children.
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?
When there is a high fertility rate it means that more people are able to have kids than not, as this large age group starts having children the result is a higher percentage of young age groups. When there is a low fertility rate like in this country and people start having children and there children grow up to have children of there own there is a dramatic increase in poplulation. This is because the majority of the poplulation is fertal and reproducing.
(below shows the World vs. Haiti)
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. When fertility rates are low there are less people that are young since they are the onces who are able to reproduce resulting in an older popluation. (Below is World vs. Australia)
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.
A town with high poplulation of young people might have:
lots of loud cars and trucks
Increase in car accidents
Speeding
Shoplifting
Parties
more schools
more fast food places
night clubs
bar/bar fights
more activities like bowling, skating, movies
lots of pregnancies
Town with older poplulation:
Increase in illness
more retirement homes
Quite
less crime
well maintained neighborhoods
slower/calmer atmosphere
decrease in population
low demand of resources
more medical facilities and drug stores
lack of activities
deserted streets at night
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