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panfilo

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What terms are used by demographers to analyze population dynamics? Present the terms, define them, and explain what they can tell us about a society.
 
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Question 2

Which political point of view accepts the fact that the capitalist market system is highly productive, but rejects the position that the capitalist market by itself is the solution to global poverty?
 
  a. liberal
  b. conservative
  c. radical left
  d. radical right



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Answer to Question 1

 Fertility: the incidence of childbearing in a country's population, measured using the crude birth rate, the number of live births in a given year for every 1,000 people in a population.
 Mortality: the incidence of death in a country's population, measured using the crude death rate, the number of deaths in a given year for every 1,000 people in a population.
 Infant mortality rate: the number of babies, of every 1,000 born, who die before their first birthday.

Answer to Question 2

(Answer: a)



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