The Demographic Transition Model
- Created by: hannahkrasner
- Created on: 25-05-17 20:35
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- The Demographic Transition Model
- Stage 1
- High birth rates
- no birth control
- Children seen as an asset to work so they have large families
- High death rate
- Frequent famines
- Outbreaks of disease e.g. Plague, typhoid
- High birth rates
- Stage 2
- High birth rate
- Falling death rate
- Improved hygiene
- Improved healthcare
- Improved nutrition
- Safer drinking water
- Better sewage disposal
- Stage 3
- Falling death rates
- Falling birth rates
- Birth control
- Less children dying
- Preference for smaller families for economic reasons
- Stage 4
- Low birth rate
- Women delaying having a family
- Birth control
- Low death rate
- Continual improvement in healthcare
- Low birth rate
- Stage 5
- Low birth rate
- Fewer younger people so fewer aging families
- Slightly rising death rate
- Lots of elderly people
- Low birth rate
- Stage 1
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