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- 1. Multiple Choice
The distribution of people among various age groups in a population is called the:
population age structure
demographic transition
demographic dividend
- 2. Multiple Choice
True or false: The percentage of older adults in the world is decreasing, while the percentage of children is increasing.
True
False
- 3. Multiple Choice
The change from high fertility and high mortality to low fertility and low mortality as a country develops economically is referred to as the:
population age structure
demographic transition
demographic dividend
- 4. Multiple Choice
A potential economic boost associated with a shift from a population with a higher percentage of economically dependent people to a population with a higher percentage of economically productive people.
population age structure
demographic transition
demographic dividend
- 5. Multiple Choice
Strategic investment in ______ may increase the likelihood that a country will experience a demographic dividend:
health
education
good governance
economic policy
- 6. Multiple Choice
This statistic is calculated by dividing the number of economically dependent people (younger than age 15 and older than age 65) by the number of working age people (ages 15 to 64) and multiplying by 100:
Crude Birth Rate
Crude Death Rate
Dependency Ratio
- 7. Multiple Choice
According to the Population Reference Bureau map provided, how is Botswana categorized in 2018?
High Child Dependency
Moderate Child Dependency
Double Dependency
High Old Age Dependency
Low Overall Dependency
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a way to lower fertility and change population age structure?
access to voluntary family planning (birth control)
improved child health
girls education
- 9. Multiple Choice
According to the Population Reference Bureau map provided, how is the United States categorized in 2018?
High Child Dependency
Moderate Child Dependency
Double Dependency
High Old Age Dependency
Low Overall Dependency
- 10. Multiple Choice
Aging populations face the challenge(s) of:
increasing medical and long term care costs
decline in working age population
increase in dependency ratio
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