Republic of the Philippines

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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Name: Varron, James Clarenze O. Date Submitted: March 6, 2022

Program, Year & Section: BSEDSS 1-1 E-mail Address: varron.jamesclarenze.humss12@gmail.com

ASSESSMENT #2
“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities.
They vary in their desires to reach their potential.” – John Maxwell

Direction: Answer the following open-ended questions to the best of your ability. Write at least 200 words
in writing your insights based on the discussions for lesson 2.

1. Is the Demographic Transition Model (DTM) applicable to all countries? Why? Why not?

If you live in an industrialized country, the Demographic Transition Method is suitable for
you. This is because this is what the model was made for. When vaccines and healthcare
were better in the 1700s, the death rate in the United Kingdom went down a lot. A decline
in birth rates occurred in the late 19th century, as predicted by the model. I assume that
it's less important for people in less developed countries to think about this, because when
Western medicines are brought in, death rates can go down much faster, but cultural
norms may keep birth rates much higher than expected. Many less developed countries
get stuck at stage 2 rather than moving on to level 3.

2. Can the world sustain such huge population growth?

The world can’t sustain larger population growth. Nature doesn't care how many people
we have. Human activity, such as extracting resources and putting waste into the
environment, is very important to the health of the world around us. When these parts
reach critical thresholds, the natural world and its systems may change quickly and
dramatically. The more people there are, the more pressures there are on the
environment, which leads to more deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and more pollution
and emissions, which makes climate change worse. There is one more thing that could
happen if we don't do anything to help keep population growth down in the second half of
this century.

As a community, we need to support an empowering way to deal with overpopulation while

opposing those who want to use restraint or violence to solve our problems. Educating
people about family planning, giving women more power, and banishing myths about
contraception will have a big impact on the world's population.
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Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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3. Where do the Philippines belong to the four stages of the Demographic Transition Model?
How do you say so?

According to a National Economic and Development Authority study conducted last 2018,
the Philippines is still in the first phase of demographic transition due to its population
structure, and by 2020, the nation is expected to have a population of over 110 million
Filipinos. I assumed that the Philippines was already at stage 2 given the expected birth
rate of 6, 048 per day and the estimated mortality rate of 1, 869 per day. It demonstrates
that as the mortality rate declines, the birth rate stays high. However, I believe that we are
currently prepared to enter stage 3 of demographic transition since the fertility rate in the
Philippines has substantially fallen over the years. The fertility rate in 1969 was 6.4
children per woman. The fertility rate in the modern era is 2.1 children per woman. This is
partly due to the growing use of contraceptives and advanced techniques of family
planning.

4. How do the crude birth rate and the fertility rate differ? Which measure is the more accurate
statement of the amount of reproduction occurring in a population?

A population's crude birth rate is the annual number of live births per 1,000 people. When
it comes to having children, fertility rates are the average number of children a woman
may expect to have during her reproductive years. Because it only includes births in the
general population, it is unique from total fertility rates, which take into account the age of
the population. A total fertility rate provides a more accurate picture of reproduction in a
region since it takes into account a woman's childbearing years, which makes more sense
than including outliers and unreal births in the calculation.

5. What was Malthus’s underlying assumption concerning the relationship between population
growth and food supply? In what ways do the arguments of neo- Malthusians differ from the
original doctrine? What governmental policies are implicit in neo-Malthusianism?

According to Malthus, if there isn't a limit on population growth, resources will run out,
pollution will get worse, there will be more people, and unemployment will get worse. He
thought that these problems would get worse, which would lead to malnutrition, more
sickness, crime, poverty, and war. Malthus thought that a bad thing would be the Earth's
way of controlling its population. He thought that these problems would lead to more
people dying and fewer people procreating, which would cut the human population down
to a level where there were enough resources to keep everyone alive.

Today, neo-Malthusians suggest that contraception is the best way to control the
population. Neo-Malthusianism refers to the idea that controlling the population through
the use of contraception is important for the survival of the human population on Earth.
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Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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Since resources are limited, it comes down to the fact that more people could soon use
up resources like land and food.

It was in 2015 that the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals,
were endorsed by the United Nations. Nations agreed to implement them by making "bold
and transformational changes that are urgently needed to put the world on a sustainable
and resilient path." No one will be left behind as we start our new project together.
Everyone, not just people in developing countries, can use the aims and goals. It will take
a lot of work from everyone to reach the goals.

Prepared by:

JOEY T. DANTING
Faculty Member, College of Education