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DEM 111 Introduction to Demography @2018/19.

DEM 111

MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

SEMESTER I 2018/19 ACADEMIC YEAR

EXAM FULL-TIME ONLY


BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DEMOGRAPHY / BACHELOR OF DEVELOPMENT
STUDIES/ BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ECONOMICS / BACHELOR OF ARTS IN
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

TIME 17:15 – 18:15


DATE: 11 – 18 - 2019

INSTRUCTIONS:

Attempt all questions

The number of marks allocated for each part-question is shown in brackets.

This test paper consists of 2 printed pages, each printed on one side only.
This front cover is page 1.

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DEM 111 Introduction to Demography @2018/19. DEM 111

1. Demonstrate your understanding of the following concepts. [21


Marks]

i. Crude Birth Rate and Crude Death Rate

ii. Nominal and Ordinal Scale

iii. Measures and Indicators

iv. Demographic Transition Theory and the Second Demographic


Transition

v. Baby Boom and Millennials

vi. Life Span and Life Expectancy

2. With the aid of appropriate examples discuss why high fertility


persists in Africa [10 Marks]

3. What are some of the consequences of rapid population growth in


Africa [10 Marks]

4. Discuss the inter-relationship between population growth and socio-


economic development [10 Marks]

END OF TEST 2

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