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unit Demography,
2 Population Change and

Management

Estimated Teaching Periods: 17

Learning Outcomes
Learning Objectives
After completing the study of this unit, students will be able to:
i. explain demography, its components, process and measurement.
ii. describe fertility, fecundity and measurement of fertility and mortality.
iii. introduce migration and explain the measurement of migration.
iv. state the consequences of rapid population growth.
v. introduce population management and explain methods of population management.

Course Outline

2.1 Demographic components, process and measurement.
2.2 Consequences of rapid population growth
2.3 Population Management

Glossary

demography : the study of changes (such as the number of births, deaths, marriages and
illnesses) that occur over a period of time in human populations
fertility : the actual performance, the state of being fertile
fecundity : the ability to producing many babies, young animals or plants
mortality : the quality of state of being a person or thing that is alive and therefore
certain to die
migration : to move from one country or place to live or work in another
infant : a child in the first period of life
contraception : things that are done to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant
vasectomy : an operation that makes a man unable to make a woman pregnant

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