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  • GGR208 Lecture 02

Crude Measurements

• What is a crude measurement?
  • Based on total population.
  • Country based
  • Some problems, because there are variations in a country.
  • No information on the causes.
• Patterns and influences
  • Economic conditions
    • Is Crude Death Rate an indicator of economic development?
  • Social conditions
    • Health care, social program
  • Structure of the population
    • Young vs Old
    • Old skewed popl. likely drag the Crude Death Rate up.
    • Young skewed popl. drag the Crude Death Rate down.
    • See that in least developed countries, they have a lot of young skewed popl. so Crude Death Rate is less than a developed country with an older skewed popl.
• Sufficiency of Crude Measurements
  • Incomplete picture
  • Inconclusive explanation
  • You need to carefully look at the data.
• Crude Birth Rate
• Crude Death Rate
• Rate of Natural Increase
• Population Growth - Doubling Time
• Infant Mortality Rate
• Life Expectancy
• Population Structure
• Total Fertility Rate
• Ex:
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    • See that there is a variation between max and min.
    • See a Correlation between CBR and level of economic development.