Instructor: Steven Clark Clark Community College sclark@clark.edu
Review the information on the table so you can be familiar with population information of different countries.
Students should be able to answer questions like the following: If country X has a low GDP per capita (under $10,000):
Then their women are likely___
Their birth rate is ____
Their education is ____
Etc.
The table below is a summary of population characteristics for different countries.
| Name of Country: | US | China | Switzerland | Iraq | Mexico | India |
| Population size | Over 300 million | Over 1.3 billion | 7.5 million | 26.783,383 | 108, 700, 891 | 1.1 billion |
| Population growth rate Is growth due to immigration? |
.9 __X Yes ___ No |
.6 ___ Yes X___ No |
.4 __ Yes X__ No |
2.7 ___ Yes X_ No |
1.2 ___ Yes X No |
1.4 ___ Yes __X No |
| % population under 15 years old | *20.4% * * |
*20.8% * * |
*16.3 * * |
* 39.7% * * |
*30.6% * * |
*39.7% * * |
| Birth rate (per 1,000) | 14.14 | 13.25 | 9.71 | 31.98% | 20.69 | 31.98 |
| Death rate (per 1,000) | 8.26 | 6.97 | 8.49 | 5.37% | 4.74 | 5.37 |
| Life expectancy | Male 75 Female 81 | Male 71 Female 74 | Male 78 Female 83 | Male 67.76 Female 70.31 | Male 72.63 Female 78.33 |
Male
67 Female 70 |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 births) | 6.43 | 23.12 | 4.34 | 48.64 | 20.26 | 48.6 |
| GDP per capita | 43,500 | 7,600 | $33,600 | $2900 | $10,600 | $2,900 |
| % below poverty line | 12 | 10% | N/A | N/A | 40% | 25% |
| Literacy rate | 99 | 90% | 99% | 40.4% | 92.2% | 40% |
| Child labor practices | Strong labor laws | Child labor laws, but the government does a bad job enforcing the law. As many as 10 million children working. | Supports labor laws | In 2000, 14% of children ages 5-14 | No strong laws against child labor that are enforced, a lot of illegal practices. There is child trafficking as well. | Not well enforced |
| Brief summary of role of women
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High access to edu., politics, business,
etc.
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Some discrimination, 80-90% work in
“factory like” conditions. Families prefer to have boy babies. Small
access to college, due to discrimination. Raise children, keep house.
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Slight discrimination, 21% lower salary on
average; women more likely to give up school; unemployment is four times
higher than men.
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Major discrimination due to religion.
Amount varies in different locations – ie. More in rural areas
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Women’s roles have a lot to do with
religious beliefs. Are Catholic, very family oriented. Sometimes women
will have jobs to help support family, bc very poor and need all help.
Raise children, other home responsibilities. Women used as drug mule and
are trafficked.
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Lower opportunities than men
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| Current environmental issues
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CO2 emissions Acid rain Eutrophication of water Fresh water shortages
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CO2 emissions, air pollution. Second behind
US in energy consumption.
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Air pollution, water pollution from
fertilizers.
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A lot of waste and pollution due to many
years of war and neglect.
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Urbanization problems, serious air and water pollution mainly due to factories, etc.
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Desertification, loss of wetlands,
inadequate fresh water supply
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