Problem
A. What are the stages of the demographic transition? What impact do birth and death rates have on social institutions? What impact do they have on ever day life?
B. List the measures used by demographers to describe population aging. What are some strengths and weaknesses of each?
C. What are the 3 causes of population changes in the U.S. today? How does a declining birth rate effect population aging?
D. Give 3 reasons why an older woman stands a greater chance than an older man of living without a spouse. How might this change in the future?