URBS 350 Demography and Popula8on Growth
Abhishek Tiwari Fall 2010
Warm‐up Ques8ons
How many is too many, i.e. when is an area overpopulated? What do we mean by popula8on composi8on / structure and why is it important?
• As world popula8on increases and levels of urbaniza8on increase, there are increasingly fewer areas that are not impacted by human popula8ons. • Demography helps us describe popula8on level changes and their impact on the social/ cultural fabric of different regions.
Demographic and Social Policy / Planning
• Demographic changes both impel policy (and social changes) and are the result of policy changes. For example, China’s 1‐Child policy has helped reduce popula8on growth in China, but also created a large surplus of unmarried males. The government will likely have to take several steps to address this issue (e.g. ease 1‐child policy, allow for selec8ve migra8on of women from other countries, etc.)
Also, in the US, demographic trends are used for: • Congressional appor8onment and distric8ng • Provision of public services • Educa8onal planning • Assessing environmental impacts
Counts
• Counts – Measurement results reported in absolute numbers. Counts are 8me and place specific. For example: X number of people live in Northridge.
Rates
How o_en a par8cular demographic event occurrs in a popula8on of interest within a specific period of 8me. Alterna8vely, the frequency of a demographic event in a given 8me period divided by the number of people who were “at risk” for that demographic event in the 8me period of interest. For example: The job placement rate of CSU Northridge can be calculated by dividing the number of gradua8ng students in a given year who are looking for employment and find work by the total number of graduates who are looking for employment: # of students finding full 8me employment a_er gradua8on / Total # of graduates who are looking for employment
Ra8os
• The rela8onship of one popula8on group to another or to the en8re popula8on. We can express ra8os of counts, rates, or percentages. Ra8os can also help us compare two groups and help us evaluate the rela8ve risk of a par8cular group vis‐à‐vis another.
Trends in Urbaniza8on, by Region
Urban Population
Percent
Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision (medium scenario), 2004.
World Popula8on Growth Through Billions History
12 11 10 9 Old Stone 7 Age 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Black Death — The Plague 1950 1900 1800 1975 New Stone Age Bronze Age Iron Age Modern Age Middle Ages 2000 Future 2100
1+ million 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 A.D. A.D. A.D. A.D. A.D. A.D. years B.C. B.C. B.C. B.C. B.C. B.C. B.C. 1 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
Source: Population Reference Bureau; and United Nations, World Population Projections to 2100 (1998).
World Popula8on Growth, in Billions
Number of years to add each billion (year)
All of Human History 130 (1930) 30 (1960) 15 (1975) 12 (1987) 12 (1999) 14 (2013) 14 (2027) 21 (2048) (1800)
Sources: First and second billion: Population Reference Bureau. Third through ninth billion: United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision (medium scenario), 2005.
Projected Popula8on Change, by Country
Percent Population Change, 2005-2050
Source: Population Reference Bureau, 2005 World Population Data Sheet.
Largest Ci8es, Worldwide
Millions
1950 2000 2015
Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision (medium scenario), 2004.
The Classic Demographic Transi8on Stages
Birth and Death Rates, Worldwide
Rates of birth, death, and natural increase per 1,000 population
Natural Increase
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision, 2005.
2009, Selected Indicators (World)
Total Popula8on – 6.8 billion Total fer8lity rate – 2.6 IMR – 46 per 1000 48% are living on less than $2 / day Younger popula8ons will become increasingly concentrated in Africa and Asia (1950 – Asia (54%), Africa (9%); Asia (53%), Africa (29%) • % of popula8on < 15 = 27% and % of pop > 54 = 8 • Dependency ra8o = (27+8)/ 65 ~ 1 to 2 • • • • •
Demographic Indicators
Popula8on / Density Popula8on growth – fer8lity, mortality, immigra8on Age structure Race / Ethnicity composi8on Household / Family size, household composi8on, living arrangement • Educa8onal achievement (e.g. % with HS degree or BA/ BS) • Economic indicators (several) – GDP, Per capita, Poverty rate, Occupa8ons / Sectors, Household Income • • • • •
Other Demographic indicators
• • • • • • • • Tenure (homeownership, renters) Marital status Languages % Homeless Health status Crime Job sectors and employment Travel behavior
Age structure or distribu8on
• Propor8on of popula8on, by sex, that falls into a par8cular age range. • Tells us whether the popula8on is young, aging or somewhere in between. Important implica8ons for economic vitality of a region (Why?) • Propor8on of popula8on that is of working age (those between 16 and 65) • Age dependency ra8o – ra8o of working age to non working age (e.g. 6 people of working age to 1 non working )
• Other implica8ons
decreasing ra8o can be problema8c (as there are fewer working age to support a non working popula8on. Countries with decreasing fer8lity and increasing life expectancy (e.g. Japan) have shrinking dependency ra8os, crea8ng a huge public policy dilemma Example: Too many young, unemployed people may lead to more crime
Age Distribu8on of the World’s Popula8on
Population Structures by Age and Sex, 2005
Millions
Less Developed Regions Age
80+ 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-4
More Developed Regions
Male
Female
Male
Female
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision, 2005.
Fer8lity
The total fertility rate is the average number of children that would be born to a woman by the time she ended her childbearing years (15-49). The TFR assumes that the woman would conform to the age-specific fertility rates for a given year.
Fer8lity
• General fer)lity rate: # of live births / # of Women between 15‐49 X K • Age specific fer)lity rate: # of live birth to women between ___ / # of women between _____ X K • Crude Birth Rate: Total # of births / Total Popula8on X K • Fer8lity rates are declining everywhere. Why? • What are the implica8ons of low fer8lity rates?
10 Places With the Lowest Total Fer8lity Worldwide
Average number of children per woman, 2000-2005
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision, 2005.
Diverging Trends in Fer8lity Reduc8on
Average number of children per woman
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision, 2005.
Mortality
Mortality
• Mortality Rate: # of deaths / Total Popula8on X K • Disease Specific Mortality Rate: # of deaths from a disease / Total Pop with Disease X K • Infant mortality rates: # of infant deaths (<1) / Total Live births X K • Maternal mortality ra)o: # of maternal deaths / Total # of live births X K Note: K is a constant such as 10,000 or 100,000. We mul8ply by K to standardize our calcula8ons so rates can be express in terms of ..per 10,000 or per 100,000
Life Expectancy
• Life expectancy: average number of addi8onal years a person could expect to live if the age‐specific death rates for a given year prevailed for the rest of his/her life.
• Life expectancies are possible for every age For example, a person at 20 would have a certain life expectancy (i.e. addi8onal number of years they can be expected to live • Life expectancy at birth (LEB) is a commonly reported sta8s8c (in the US LEB is around 79. This means that a baby born today is expected to live 8ll 79)
Life Expectancy at Birth, in Years
Trends in Life Expectancy, by Region
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision (medium scenario), 2005.
Literacy Rates, by Sex, 2000-2004
Percent
Adult Literacy, by Region
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics: accessed online at www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/html/Exceltables/education/ Literacy_Regional_April2006.xls on May 21, 2006.
Ra8o of Workers to Dependents, by Region
Note: People 15 to 64 are considered to be workers; people 14 and younger and those over 65 are considered to be dependents. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision (medium scenario), 2005.
Availability of Doctors, Selected Countries
1997-2004*
Physicians per 1,000 people
* Data are for the most recent year available for each country. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2006.
Changes in Household Structure during the last century
Households
• Smaller families • Erosion of joint families • Increase in headship rates among young adults • Increase in single‐person households • Greater propor8on of two‐income households • More discre8onary income • Greater gender equality and more female headed households
Marriage
• (before) Union of two families (now) union of two individuals • Decline in Polygamy • Reduc8on in domes8c violence • Increase in cohabita8on • Delay in marriage age • Delay in age when having first child • Increase in divorce, ini8ated by both genders
Children
• As families moved away from agriculture the value of addi8onal children has declined • As the produc8ve capacity of children has reduced, as they no longer can be used as labor, it does not make sense to have more children • Addi8onally, reduc8ons in infant and child mortality obviate the need to have ‘surplus’ kids
Women
• Fer8lity change • Increasing age for first marriage (min. marriage age in many countries) • Increasing age for first birth • Increasing labor/economic par8cipa8on • Increasing literacy levels • Greater number of female headed households • Marriage dissolu8on
Elderly
• Increase in number of elderly and propor8on of elderly (i.e. the elderly represent an increasing propor8on of the popula8on) • Greater morbidity burden due to age • Increasing strain on working age popula8on to care for the elderly, as there are more elderly per working age person • Reduc8on in quality and quan8ty of care provided for the elderly, as younger people move away, and there are less younger people due to reduc8ons in fer8lity.
Urbaniza8on Impacts
• Encourage nuclea8on of households are large households are untenable, par8cularly among low‐income groups with limited housing op8ons in an urban area • Increases exposure to pollu8on, violence, stress, unhealthy foods • Increases exposure to non‐tradi8onal ways of living
Case Study Japan
Women in Japanese Society
• Japanese women’s par8cipa8on in poli8cs and the economy (though to a lesser extent) is not tantamount to men • Japan ranks 43rd in the UNDP Gender Empowerment measures, though its 11th in the overall human development index • As more women have joined the workforce there has been a decline in marriage and birth rates
Post‐war family system
• Housewife role for women • Monogamously married with 2‐3 children • Gendered division of labor • Provided the founda8on on which post‐war economic growth flourished
Family system today
• Family forma8on is not necessarily seen as an impera8ve • Survey show that the idea of roman8c love in marriage is important; many Japanese indicate they are wai8ng for an ideal partner • Since Japanese only have children when married (unlike other post‐industrial countries), and marriage rates are low, their TRF is very low • Mothers do not encourage their daughters to follow in their footsteps
Declining TFR
• Declines in fer8lity mirror that of other post‐ industrial countries • However, Japan has low out‐of‐wedlock births • 1970 – 2.1 • 1995 – 1.42 • 2004 – 1.29
A high stakes game
• High demand from young mothers for coopera8on from their husbands for child rearing • Japanese who have high expecta8ons for their children’s educa8on tend to postpone or abandon the idea of having children • Family forma8on is a high stakes project that people only undertake if assured of a high change of success (contrast with US)
Ques8ons to consider
Do women bear a double burden in a modern capitalist system, as they are expected to be individual economic agents (just like men) and also shoulder the reproduc8ve burden? Should the Japanese encourage out‐of‐wedlock birth? Should those who choose not to have kids pay a premium to those who have kids? What about paying people to have and raise children?
Causes of Migra8on ‐ Economics
• Work transi8on for young people in developed countries is delayed because of higher educa8on; in contrast, in developing countries young people are more likely to work at younger ages, and o_en in the informal or illegal sector.
Causes of migra8on ‐ Resources
• Lack of access to environmental resources (e.g. forest materials) because of government policies • Resource deple8on in rural areas (e.g. soil degrada8on, deple8on of aquifers, flooded farmlands, deser8fica8on)
Causes of Migra8on ‐ Conflict
• Forced migra8on by the government or other groups • Role of violence, including genocide • Impact of conflict on natural resources
A primer on popula8on growth
• Popula8on change = Births – Deaths + In migra8on – out migra8on • Births are determined by fer8lity rates • Deaths are determined by mortality rates • Migra8on should include legal and illegal immigra8ons (also known as the foreign born)
Simple extrapola8on methods
• Small data requirements • Simple mathema8cal structures • Easy to apply • Can be used when few historical data are available