90 likes | 214 Views
Demographic Transition Model. Stage 1: Low Growth (High Stationary Stage). High CBR (Crude Birth Rate) and CDR (Crude Death Rate) , leading to low RNI (Rate of Natural Increase) Fluctuation in CDR because of disease, famine, and war
E N D
Stage 1: Low Growth (High Stationary Stage) • High CBR (Crude Birth Rate) and CDR (Crude Death Rate) , leading to low RNI (Rate of Natural Increase) • Fluctuation in CDR because of disease, famine, and war • Usually characterizes a subsistence farming country without an industrialized economy
Stage 2: High Growth (Early Expanding Stage) • High CBR: children are still needed on farms • Declining CDR: better health care • Industrialization has begun but families have not realized the changes in society (birth rates do not fall) • The RNI increases; population expansion is at a high rate
Stage 3: Moderate Growth (Late Expanding Stage) • Declining CBR: as families move to cities, they have fewer children. • Women realize they have more options in industrialized economy • RNI is decreasing but still greater than 0
Stage 4: Low Growth (Low Stationary Stage) • CBR & CDR reach equilibrium at low levels rather than the high levels of stage 1 • RNI is low • Seen in modern post-industrial countries with zero population growth
Stage 5 (Slow Decline) • Continuing decline of CBR (France, Germany) • Graying-population patterns of wealthier countries
Criticisms of the Model • Based on the European experience • Not all countries will pass through the same demographic transition at the same rate