Types of Population Balance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5250236 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul K Hatt, Nellie Louise Farr, Eugene Weinstein, Eugene A Weinstein |
| Year | 1955 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 14 |
| Publication date | 1955-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2088194 |
| OpenAlex | W2329128971 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
SINCE at least 1929 it has been commonplace for demographers to use a threefold classification with which to categorize the world's populations.1 To use Notestein's descriptive titles for these, they are (1) Incipient Decline, (2) Transitional Growth, and (3) High Growth Potential.2 This mode of thinking assumes a series of related trends within both the vital and the industrial revolution. The population of incipient decline is described as one in which both the birth and death rates have, in large measure, come under control and which in consequence is a population of high average age. This type of demographic balance has typically occurred within the conditions of a high degree of literacy, heavy urban concentration and advanced industrialization.3 The population of transitional growth is one in which . . the processes of modernization have already begun to reduce fertility
Balance (ability · Population · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1967 - 1977 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |