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Demographic Transition in the Maghreb
Geography, 1999In a 1985 Geography article, John Clarke demonstrated the very limited demographic transition experienced by North Africa as part of the Muslim World. Over a decade later all the Maghreb countries, together with Egypt, have achieved quite marked demographic transition based on strong fertility decline.
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The demographic transition in Japan
Social Science & Medicine. Part A: Medical Psychology & Medical Sociology, 1978Abstract This article attempts to provide some information for understanding the subjects dealt with under the main theme of “Social Science in Relation to Health and Medicine in Japan” of this special issue. My paper is in three parts: (I) a brief history of population increase, (2) demographic transition and (3) prospects in the demographic ...
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2014
A demographic transition can be defined as a quantitative leap in the self-regulated flow of population inputs and outputs which is determined by a qualitative change in the causal mechanisms underlying this regulation. This entry briefly describes the two demographic transitions which occurred during the Holocene, the Neolithic Demographic Transition (
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A demographic transition can be defined as a quantitative leap in the self-regulated flow of population inputs and outputs which is determined by a qualitative change in the causal mechanisms underlying this regulation. This entry briefly describes the two demographic transitions which occurred during the Holocene, the Neolithic Demographic Transition (
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Population Studies, 1996
Demography is a science short on theory, rich in quantification. Nevertheless, demography has produced one of the best documented generalizations in the social sciences: the demographic transition. What is the demographic transition? Stripped to its essentials it is the theory that societies progress from a pre-modern regime of high fertility and high ...
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Demography is a science short on theory, rich in quantification. Nevertheless, demography has produced one of the best documented generalizations in the social sciences: the demographic transition. What is the demographic transition? Stripped to its essentials it is the theory that societies progress from a pre-modern regime of high fertility and high ...
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Demographic Transition Model and Population Growth of India - Implications and Assessments
Journal of Environmental Science and Public Health, 2023Sanju Purohit
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Demographic Transition Theory and Its Link to the Historical Economic Growth
, 2016In the absence of convincing evidence, data for Sweden and Mauritius are used in academic publications to illustrate the Demographic Transition Theory. These data are closely examined and found to be in clear contradiction of this theory.
Ron W. Nielsen
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Demographic Transition in Japan
The Journal of Economic History, 1977This article begins by disputing the claim by some scholars that the concept of a demographic transition is not applicable to Japan. Next, analysis of differentials and trends in natality over the period 1920 to 1960 suggests that changes in infant mortality and the degree of child employability may have been crucial reasons for Japan's modern ...
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Sociological Research, 2013
Some forecasts based on possible trends in population in Russia suggest that it may be possible to achieve stabilization of the population. However, the actual demographic situation and the conditions in Russian society raise doubt about this, and about the possibility of sustaining and enhancing the quality of an aging and declining population. Russia'
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Some forecasts based on possible trends in population in Russia suggest that it may be possible to achieve stabilization of the population. However, the actual demographic situation and the conditions in Russian society raise doubt about this, and about the possibility of sustaining and enhancing the quality of an aging and declining population. Russia'
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Men in the demographic transition
Human Nature, 1994Women's fertility is the focus of most demographic analyses, for in most mammals, and in many preindustrial societies, variance in male fertility, while an interesting biological phenomenon, is irrelevant. Yet in monogamous societies, the reproductive ecology of men, as well as that of women, is important is creating reproductive patterns.
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