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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How do birth rates and death rate compare in industrialized and non industrialized economies?

OpenStudy (ryanwhite499):

You have any ideas

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no not really i cant find it in the reading

OpenStudy (ryanwhite499):

To find the growth rate from a birth and death rate you will need the year-over-year change, expressed as a percentage.

OpenStudy (micahmglomski):

did he or she answer help you

OpenStudy (anonymous):

not really

OpenStudy (ryanwhite499):

No thats not the answer

OpenStudy (ryanwhite499):

I was giving her a clue

OpenStudy (ryanwhite499):

The birth rate falls when people leave farms and move to cities because children become a burden instead os an asset. so even in 1900 Industrial countries had lower birth rates. However the increased opportunities for women and the lower child mortality rates has also had a big effect. If they are sure their child will survive people invest more effort in each one and have fewer. There also seem to be some effect from crowding, that is in places that have high population densities have lower birth rates all else being equal. For example in the US people in the Northeast have fewer children than in the south and mid west. This chart gives you a historical perspective

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