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Friday, 20 July 2007

I need advice on a country at stage 1 of the demographic transition model because I can't find an example. Any ideas?

SueJ said...: Almost sure that parts of some western African countries still come under this heading. http://www.ined.fr/en/homepage_of_ined_website/ is an excellent website.
Use the key characteristics of stage one countries & map against demographic data.
Stage one of the demographic transition model is the most primitive of the stages where there is a high fluctuating birth and death rate. Because of this there is no great population growth. These countries or even tribes have very basic living standards such as those in the Amazon rainforest where they hardly have any education, medicaments or birth rates such that population is based on food supply, health of tribe members etc. Other factors involved are no family planning therefore many children or because of the faith of the people which may look at large families as a sign of verility etc.'
You may need to consider a more local scale? Hope this helps. I am around for another 5 days if you need more help!; 21 July 2007 at 17:10

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