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Lesson Scopes of Population Education
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and Family Life Education

It’s estimated that every second there are 4.3 births and
FACTS 1.8 deaths, which adds up to a net population gain of 2.5
to Understand people per second.

In the previous lesson we learnt about population education, its objectives
along with its importance. Here, we are going to study about the scope or areas
of population education with its development process. The scope of population
education is very wide because it is directly related with each and every human
activity. Its subject matter varies according to social, economic and political
condition of a country. The scope of population education can be divided into the
following five categories:

1. Demography

Demography is the study of population and deals with the measurement
and analysis of birth rate, death rate, migration rate, etc. The major elements
of demography are birth, death and migration. Demography is the science of
population. We study the size, composition, distribution, density and population
change under it. Population size means the total number of people. Population
distribution means the arrangement of population according to geographical and
administrative divisions. Composition refers to the distribution of population
according to age, sex, caste, religion, occupation.

2. Determination of Population Change

Population keeps on changing and the factors responsible for population
change are birth, death and migration. The factor of population change are also
called determinants of population change. It also comprises biological, social and
cultural aspects which directly affect the elements of population change. Lack of
nutrition, lack of proper health and service, illiteracy, poverty, etc. also influence
the population change.

3. Consequences of Population Growth

The rapid population growth directly affects economic, social and environment
aspects of a place with the increase of population. The needs and demands also
increases, for example, facilities of water, education, employment, housing, etc.

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