demographic change
Shifting population patterns
Demographic change refers to shifts in the composition of a population over time—changes in age distribution, birth and death rates, migration patterns, or ethnic makeup.
The term often appears in discussions of policy challenges: Demographic change is straining pension systems, The region's demographic change has transformed its politics.
Sometimes used as a euphemism for increasing racial diversity.
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- fertility rateAverage offspring per person
- education levelsTiers of formal schooling
- family structuresHow families are organized
- working ageLegal age for jobs
mortality rate · employment trends · brain drain · youth exodus · life expectancy · empty nest · population decline · population growth · generational shift · internal migration · white flight · suburban sprawl · income inequality · healthcare access · social welfare programs · immigration policies · melting pot · poverty rates
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- sociologysocial structure, social class, social institutions, social norms, social mobility
- Modern ChinaDeng Xiaoping, Xi Jinping, economic reforms, economic zones, opening up
- Long-term effectslegacy, ripple effect, aftermath, ramifications, repercussions
demographic changecultural preservation
Protecting community traditions and artifacts
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