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    Using Census Information in Planning In a number of countries‚ the population census plays a major role in the allocation of elected political seats in government. The number of elected officials for each governmental administrative unit is determined by the population size of a given locale. For some countries‚ the information is also used in the allocation of government resources. The size of the population determines‚ in part‚ the amount of money that is provided by government for development

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    The Urbanization of the Human Population Urbanization is the concentration of people in towns and cities‚ this marks a fundamental step in mans social evolution. Cities first appeared some 5‚500 years ago they were both small and overcrowded. Today the biggest cities in the world accommodate most people due to urban agglomeration (e.g. 7% of the American nations land accommodated 70% of the nation in 1960). This saw a high degree of social complexity and interactment as never imagined before

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    Definition: Demography is the study of the size‚ growth‚ and age and geographical distribution of human populations‚ and births‚ deaths‚ marriages‚ and migrations How data are collected Information about population is collected in two main ways: by enumeration at a point of time‚ and by recording events as they occur over a period. Censuses and social surveys are examples of the first method‚ and provide ‘stock’ data (see §2.5)‚ while birth registrations and migration records (‘flow’ data) are

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    Aging population Definition Aging population is a phenomenon that occurs when the median age of a country or region rises due to rising life expectancy and declining birth rates. This problem is keep occurring in the whole world‚ especially in developed countries such as Japan‚ US and it becomes a global problem. Causes of aging population in Hong Kong Aging population in Hong Kong is caused by two main reasons: declining birth rate and low death rate. Low death rate

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    that high levels of educational achievement were associated with more moderate rates of population growth‚ suggesting that important opportunities for alleviating population pressures might be found in ensuring greater access to education‚ particularly for females. The ensuing public policy debate has prompted an examination of how education affects the birth rate. The explosive growth of the human population in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was the result of a historically unprecedented

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    There are many impacts of a youthful population and the effects are shown in Uganda. Due to many young people unemployment is common as there aren’t enough jobs for young people when they grow up. More unemployment means more people are dependent on government support as shown by 22% of Uganda’s youth is unemployed. Increased poverty is an impact as more young people are born into families that are already poor‚ so there are more people in poverty. Some children may have to work to help support

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    addressed in your personal statement‚ you are extremely concerned about your country ’s population decline‚ and the years to come. This problem‚ distressing to say‚ is notably related to the way your government is governed‚ as well as other factors including health issues‚ and economics that puts a strain on the your population. In this assessment I will brief on specific reasons for your countries declining population‚ as well as sufficient solutions in solving this apprehensive problem. First I would

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    Census of Population 2010 Advance Census Release ISBN 978-981-08-6819-2 © Department of Statistics‚ Ministry of Trade & Industry‚ Republic of Singapore All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the prior written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions

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    Panther Population Trends

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    In this study‚ we created simulations of population trends under various values of parameters. Such parameters include survival rates‚ natality‚ and reproductive rates. Outlined in this chart is the population trend for the panthers in a 25 years time frame under uniform parameters. In other words‚ all the parameters were set to be their minimum potential‚ maximum potential‚ or baseline. According to this chart‚ the population trend when all the parameters were set to the mx will result in an exponential

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    a major jump in the population of the U.S. occurred. From being a country of around 10 million people in 1870 to around 30 million by the end of the century‚ America experienced an expansive growth in population from immigrants coming coming from all around the world. Immigrants travelling from Africa‚ Asia‚ Europe‚ South America‚ Mexico‚ and Canada began moving to the states in the 19th resulting in industrialization and urbanization (p. 350- 351). The largest population of immigrants‚ about

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