POP QUIZ 2016 Reviewer – KEY

1. Balancing Equation A basic demographic formula used to estimate total population

change between two points in time - or to estimate any unknown component of
population change, provided that the other component are known. The balancing
equation includes all components of population change: births, deaths, immigration,
emigration, in-migration, and out- migration.

2. Demographic Transition → The historical shift of birth and death rates from high to
low levels in a population. The decline of mortality usually precedes the decline in
fertility, thus resulting in rapid population growth during the transition period.

3. Demography → The scientific study of human populations, including their sizes,

compositions, distributions, densities, growth, and other characteristics, as well as the
causes and consequences of changes in these factors.

4. Doubling Time → The number of years required for the population of an area to
double its present size, given the current rate of population growth. It refers to the length
of time a particular population would double its size under a given growth rate. It has
been found out that a population growing at the rate of one (1) percent annually doubles
its size in 69.3 years. A quick way to estimate doubling time is to divide 69.3 by the
growth rate expressed in percent.

Doubling Time
=
69.3
Growth Rate (%)
=
69.3
2.35
= 29.5 years

Between the period 1980 - 1990 the growth rate of the Philippine population was 2.35
percent. If this prevails over time the Philippine population would double in less than 30
years.

5. Ethnicity → The cultural practices, languages, cuisine, and traditions - not biological
or physical differences - used to distinguish groups of people

6. Fecundity → The physiological capacity of a woman to produce a child.

7. Life Expectancy → The average number of additional years a person could expect
to live if current mortality trends were to continue for the rest of that person's life. Most
commonly cited as life expectancy at birth.
Life Expectancy → It is an estimate of the average number of additional years a
person can expect to live after a particular age x, computed also on the life table. For
example e350= 30, it means a person aged 35 years has on the average 30 years more
to live under the given mortality condition specified in the life table.

8. Life Expectancy at Birth → is defined as the number years a newborn child can be
expected to live under a given mortality condition of an area in a given year. Life
expectancy at birth is one of the most commonly used mortality indicator in program
planning because it is not affected by the age composition of the population. It
summarizes the mortality situation in an area in a single index. This is computed by
constructing a life table usually treating the males and females seperately because of
the sex differentials in mortality.

9. Mathus, Thomas R. (1766-1834) → English clergyman and economist famous for

his theory (expounded in the "Essay on the Principle of Population") that the world's
population tends to increase faster that the food supply and that unless fertility is
controlled (by late marriage or celibacy), famine, disease, and war must serve as
natural population restrictions Mortality → Refers to the occurence of deaths in a
population. The incidence of death is related to many factors like age, sex, occupation,
economic and social class. While fertility represents additions to the population and
results in the restoration of the population, mortality is high among the infants and
highest among very elderly.

10. Population Momentum → The tendency for population growth to continue beyond
the time that replacement-level fertility has been achieved because of the relatively high
concentration of people in the childbearing years.

11. Population Density → Population per unit of land area; for example, persons per
square mile or persons per square kilometer of arable land.
To calculate :

GPD = Pop/ A
Where :
GPD = Gross population Density
Pop = Total population in a given year
A = Land Area (in sq.kms.)

12. Population Pyramid → A population pyramid is a graphical presentation of the

age-sex composition of the population. It consists of bars: the hieght represents the age
groups while the length represents the absolute population, or percent of the population
in each age group. The sum of the bars is equal to the total population or 100% of the
population. The graph usually depicts the male and female populations seperately. The
bars for males are given on the left of the x-axis and the bars for females are on the
right x-axis.It is constructed by either single age group or by five-year age group.
13. Reproductive Health → Reproductive health is a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease o infirmity, in all
matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes.

14. Singulate Mean Age at Marriage (SMAM) → is a measure of nuptiality derived

from a set of percents single at different ages. It denotes the number of years that a
married individual spends in singlehood before ultimately marrying.

15. Total Fertility → The average number of children that would be born alive to a
woman (or group of women) during her lifetime if she were to pass through her
childbearing years conforming to the age-specific fertility rates of a given year. This rate
is sometimes stated as the number of children women are having today.

16. Urbanization → Growth in the proportion o a population living in urban areas.

17. Zero Population Growth (ZPG) → A population in equilibrium, with a growth rate
of zero, achieved when births plus immigration equal deaths plus emigration.

18-21 FOUR PILLARS OF THE POPULATION POLICY

Responsible Parenthood The will and ability to respond to the needs aspirations
of the family, freedom of couples to decide on the timing and size of their families in
pursuant of a better life.

Respect for life The 1987 Constitution protects the life of the unborn from the moment
of conception, abortion is unacceptable as a method of family planning.

Birth Spacing Proper spacing of 3 to 5 years from recent pregnancy to enable women
to recover from pregnancy and improve her potential to be more productive and also her
well-being.

Informed Choice Couples and individuals will be provided with all the information and
services on the modern methods of family planning to be able to make an informed
choice/decision.

The shift of birth and death rates from high to low level in any population is referred as
demographic transition. Mechanically, the transition of a society creates more working
member of its own population commonly called 22. demographic bonus.

23. chlo·ro·fluor·o·car·bonn. Abbr. CFC

Any of various halocarbon compounds consisting of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and
fluorine, once used widely as aerosol propellants and refrigerants. Chlorofluorocarbons
are believed to cause depletion of the atmospheric ozone layer.
24. Republic Act No. 7279 – (Urban Development Act) AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR
A COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUING URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
PROGRAM REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1842 - AN ACT CREATING THE MEAT
INSPECTION BOARD IN THE CITY OF MANILA, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE
REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINE.

25. International migration occurs when peoples cronss state boundaries and stay in
the host state for some minimum length of time

26. POPULATION AGING –is the change in the age composition of a population over
time whereby the proportion of older people is increasing while proportion of children is
Decreasing.

27. GENDER INTEGRATION – means taking into account both the differences and the
inequalities between women and men in program planning,implementation,and
evaluation.