Population Composition
Which areas has sex ratio unfavourabale to women and why?
The areas and reasons are mentioned below:
(i)In regions where gender discrimination is rampant, the sex ratio is bound to be unfavourable to women.
(ii)Such areas are those where the practice of female foeticide, female infanticide and domestic violence against women are prevalent.
(iii)One of the reasons could be lower socio-economic status of women in these areas.
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Discuss the factors responsible for imbalances in the sex-age found in different parts of the world and occupational structure.
Which population characteristics are revealed by an age-sex pyramid having a regularly tapering pyramid?
What is sex ratio?
Which country has the lowest sex ratio in the world?
Which problems discourage women to migrate from rural areas to urban areas?
Write a note on Ageing population.
What does literacy rate denote?
Classify the population of the world into two groups on the basis of place of residence.
Why proportion of literate population of a country in an indicator of its socio-economic development?
Differentiate between rural population and urban population.
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