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Cambridge AS & A Level Geography

4.2Population structure

Population structure in Cambridge AS & A Level Geography: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 4.2.1Describe the components of population structure and interpret age-sex structure diagrams.
  2. 4.2.2Critically evaluate the demographic transition model and explain the impacts of youthful and ageing populations.
  3. 4.2.3Explain why governments manage natural increase and evaluate the population policies of two contrasting countries.

Lessons

  • Population policies and pro- and anti-natalist theories

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  • Population structure and the demographic transition model

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Population structure: sample question

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Which measure is an example of a pro-natalist policy?

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