Sociology - Demography - Part 2

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What is Immigration?
This is moving Into a country
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What is Emigration?
This is moving out of the country - Exiting
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What is Net Migration?
The difference between the number of people living and entering the country
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What are the push factors of leaving the country?
This can be factors such as economic recession and unemployment at home
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What are the pull factors of making people enter a country?
This can be factors such as higher wages and better opportunities abroad
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What was the largest immigration group from 1900-WW2?
This was the irish
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What was the largest immigration group from 1950s-1970s?
Black Caribbean immigrants, and South Asian Immigrants
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How does Migration affect Birth Rate?
Births from none UK mothers are higher then births of UK mothers
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How does Migration affect Age structure?
immigrants are younger and the average age is 31 - they are more fertile and produce more children
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How does migration affect the dependency ratio?
immigrants are more likely to be a working age and lower the ratio
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Card 2

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What is Emigration?

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This is moving out of the country - Exiting

Card 3

Front

What is Net Migration?

Back

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Card 4

Front

What are the push factors of leaving the country?

Back

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Card 5

Front

What are the pull factors of making people enter a country?

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