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Competition Refresher
Competition Refresher Published this article page no 19 demographic transition theory can be used to describe and predict the future population of any area. the theory tells us that population of any region changes from high births and high deaths to low births and low deaths as society progresses from rural agrarian and illiterate to urban industrial and literate society. these changes occur in stages which are collectively known as the demographic cycle. enga...
Competition Refresher
Competition Refresher Published this article page no 20 this is accompanied by reduced mortality rate. improvements in sanitation and health conditions lead to decline in mortality. because of this gap the net addition to population is high. in the last stage both fertility and mortality decline considerably. the population is either stable or grows slowly. the population becomes urbanised literate and has high technical knowhow and deliberately controls the fa...
Shine india monthly magazine
Shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 21 the expanding world trade during the sixteenth and seventeenth century set the stage for rapid population growth. around 1750 at the dawn of the industrial revolution the world population was 550 million. world population exploded in the eighteenth century after the industrial revolution. technological advancement achieved so far helped in the reduction of birth rate and provided a stage for accelerated population growth Read More....
Shine india monthly magazine Shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 22 family planning is the spacing or preventing the birth of children. access to family planning services is a significant factor in limiting population growth and improving womens health. propaganda free availability of contraceptives and tax disincentives for large families are some of the measures which can help population control. thomas malthus in his theory (1793) stated that the number of people would increase faster than the food s... Shine india monthly magazine Shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 23 the sex ratio is an important information about the status of women in a country. in regions where gender discrimination is rampant the sex ratio is bound to be unfavourable to women. such areas are those where the practice of female foeticide female infanticide and domestic violence against women are prevalent. one of the reasons could be lower socio-economic status of women in these areas. you must remember that more women in the popu...