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below-replacement-level fertility
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when the number of births is fewer than the number of deaths. leading to population decline
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brideprice
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the transfer of cash and goods from the groom's side to the bride's father, along with a tradition...
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demographic transition
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a model of change from the high fertility and high mortality in agricultural societies to the...
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demography
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the study of population dynamics
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direct infanticide
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the death of an infant child resulting from actions such as beating, smothering, poisoning,...
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dowry
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the transfer of large amounts of cash and goods from the bride's family to the groom's family
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ethnocide
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destruction of a culture without physically killing its people
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femicide
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murder of a person based on the fact of being female
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fertility
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births or rate of population increase from reproduction
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genocide
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the destruction of a culture and its people through physical extermination
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groomsprice
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also known as dowry - the transfer of large amounts of cash and goods from the bride's family...
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indirect infanticide
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a more subtle process, may involve prolonged practices such as food deprivation, failure to...
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infant mortality rate
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deaths of children under the age of one year per 1000 births
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infanticide
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deliberate killing of offspring
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migration
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movement of people from one place to another
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mortality
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deaths, or rate of population decline in general or from particular causes
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pronatalism
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an ideology promoting many children, emerges as a key value of farm families
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replacement-level fertility
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the number of births equals the number of deaths, leading to maintenance of current population...
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reproduction
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the predominant patterns of fertility in a culture
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sex-selective infanticide
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the killing of offspring on the basis of sex
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what are some important questions regarding reproduction?
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how is reproduction related to modes of production? how are kinds an economic good/cost? what...
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why do foraging societies have a relatively small number of children?
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because of the amount of education needed about foraging - control fertility through long birth...
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why do agricultural societies have a relatively large number of children?
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families require a large labour force - children are very beneficial
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what type of society has the least tolerance for alternate forms of sexuality?
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in pronatalist societies, there's an insistence on heterosexuality - in societies that aren't...
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three levels of decision making in terms of fertility
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1. family level (value/costs, gender preference) 2. national level (gvnmt promotes pop. increase...
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what is the main deciding factor in infanticide?
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whether you're considered a person or not - if you aren't conceptualized as a person, you're...
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what are some examples of the varying attitudes towards suicide?Â
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catholicism: it's a sin - buddhism: it has been used to make political statements - asia and...
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